GoFundMe Removes $10M Crowd-Funding Campaign from Anti-Islam Rally Organizer
After announcing last week that he was going into “hiding” to protect himself and his family following an anti-Islam rally he organized in Phoenix, Arizona, ex-Marine Jon Ritzheimer tried to launch a crowd-funding campaign that aimed to raise $10 million. But now, it appears that the GoFundMe site he used has removed the page.
Ritzheimer first posted the link to the page Sunday afternoon:
According to KPNX reporter Brahm Resnik, the man said he planned to use the funds to either protect his family or run against Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in 2016:
Guy who incited anti-Islam rally wants $10 million to protect family or run against @SenJohnMcCain. http://t.co/oIf9hNYzwn #PHXMosque
— BrahmResnik (@brahmresnik) June 1, 2015
And within the first six hours, the campaign had raised just $300.
Jon Ritzheimer, anti-Muslim #PHxMosque hate rally organizer, wants $10 million in donations.
http://t.co/QECQOrGPpA pic.twitter.com/bKhKvAIGX0
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) June 1, 2015
That’s a far cry from the nearly $850,000 raised on the site by Indiana’s Memories Pizza earlier this year.
But by Monday night, the page looked like this:
Watch video of Ritzheimer’s Friday night remarks below (the audio will sound a little off and you’ll hear commentary from reporters during the clip), via Fox10 Phoenix:
[h/t TPM]
[Photo via screengrab]
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