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Crowdfunding Effort To Build Border Wall Draws $4.6 Million (And Soaring Fast) In Just Three Days

Joseph Curl

Cash is pouring in for a crowdfunding campaign to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border — at one point on Thursday jumping by more than $1 million.

The GoFundMe campaign, launched by an Iraq War veteran just three days ago, had collected $2.8 million of a $1 billion goal with more than 46,000 people contributing by late Wednesday. That rose to $3.6 million by Thursday morning, with the number of contributors jumping to some 59,000, then to $4.7 million just an hour later, with 76,000 contributing.

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