An Anti-Trump GoFundMe Has Raised Over $70,000 in Just One Day

If you’re active on Politics Twitter, you may have come across some of the hilarious tweets from comedy writer Owen Ellickson chronicling the “inner workings” of the Donald Trump campaign:

TRUMP: Mike, you got 10 minutes to talk me back into you. Otherwise I give it to Hole
PENCE: Who?
TRUMP: Christie
CHRISTIE: He calls me Hole

— Owen Ellickson (@onlxn) July 17, 2016

TRUMP: Oh, so: I owe Ann Coulter a make-good. You got any white grownups lying around?
AILES: [piglet squeal]
TRUMP: Just kids? Yeesh. OK

— Owen Ellickson (@onlxn) August 25, 2016

RYAN: Stop-and-frisk was ruled unconstitutional.
TRUMP: OK.
RYAN: It's racially poisonous.
TRUMP: Ya.
RYAN: It doesn't work–
TRUMP: (yawns)

— Owen Ellickson (@onlxn) September 21, 2016

TRUMP: "Whites: I'm addressing blacks but am really talking to you. Look how nice I talk about blacks, whites! Not racist! Join me, whites"

— Owen Ellickson (@onlxn) August 19, 2016

Ellickson, who wrote for The Office and currently writes for the new NBC show Superstore, even got featured in The New York Times this week for a profile.

Well, in response to recent reporting that Trump gave less than $10,000 to charity in the past few years, Ellickson decided to set up a “Give More Than Trump” fundraiser:

9. Ten grand towards charitable causes in 7 1/2 years. At MOST. Donald, you and I have our fun here on Twitter, but buddy, you're a pig.

— Owen Ellickson (@onlxn) October 4, 2016

10. And you know what? I think we can beat that number.

— Owen Ellickson (@onlxn) October 4, 2016

11. I've set up a GoFundMe to raise funds for the American Refugee Committee, which helps refugees in Syria, Myanmar, Rwanda and elsewhere.

— Owen Ellickson (@onlxn) October 4, 2016

In the span of a day, the GoFundMe page (as of this posting) has raised over $73,000.

And the reward levels for this GoFundMe include specialized “TrumpLeaks” directed at you (i.e. “I will e-mail you a unique TrumpLeak in which Donald and Paul discuss the idea of you.”)

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