<p>A former Alaska Airlines <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/airlines">flight attendant</a> has started a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gofundme">GoFundMe</a> following the termination of her employment.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nelle Diala said she was “wrongfully fired” from her “dream job” after making a video of herself twerking in the aisles of an empty plane and uploading it to </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tiktok"><span style="font-weight: 400;">TikTok</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. The flight attendant said she was let go for violating the airlines’ social media policy.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Diala defended her actions, saying she didn’t post which airline she worked for and that the clip was “harmless.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I never thought a single moment would cost me everything,” the former Alaska Airlines employees wrote in the GoFundMe </span><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-for-a-wrongfully-fired-flight-attendant"><span style="font-weight: 400;">description</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I worked as a flight attendant for Alaska Airlines for over six months. In between those 6 months both of my English bulldogs died unexpectedly, my relationship was rocky because of the time I spent away, but I loved my job—meeting new people, seeing the world, and creating a safe, welcoming environment for passengers. It wasn’t always easy, but I was proud of what I did,” she said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She continued, “One day, during a layover, I posted a lighthearted video on my personal social media account. It was a harmless clip that was recorded at 6 am while waiting 2 hours for pilots. I was also celebrating the end of probation and making it out of a hard upbringing in San Francisco, CA.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The video went viral overnight, but instead of love and support, it brought unexpected scrutiny,” Diala wrote. “Although it was a poor decision on my behalf I didn’t think it would cost me my dream job.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“My employer accused me of violating their social media policy. I explained that the video wasn’t intended to harm anyone or the company, but they didn’t want to listen. Without warning, they terminated me. No discussion, no chance to defend myself—and no chance for a thorough and proper investigation,” she went on.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Losing my job was devastating. I’ve always been careful about what I share online, and I never thought this video, which didn’t even mention the airline by name, would cost me my career. Now, I am trying to figure out how to move forward.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Diala went on that she “learned” from her mistakes and encouraged people to donate to her campaign. As of Thursday afternoon, she had raised $1,700 of her $12,000 goal.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The </span><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@_jvnelle415/video/7441715689255177515"><span style="font-weight: 400;">video</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is pinned to the top of Diala’s TikTok page with the caption, “Cant even be yourself anymore, without the world being so sensitive. Whats wrong with a little twerk before work, people act like they never did that before.” She also included the hashtag “discriminationisreal.”</span></p>


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<p>Donald Trump has authorized a fundraiser for his supporter who was tragically killed during a failed assassination attempt on the former president during a campaign rally on Saturday.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/president-trump-seeks-support-for-butler-pa-victims" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GoFundMe account</a>, which has been promoted by eldest Trump son Don Jr., has already raised more than $800,000.</p>
<p>&#8220;President Donald Trump has authorized this account as a place for donations to the supporters and families wounded or killed in today’s brutal and horrific assassination attempt,&#8221; the fundraiser says. &#8220;All donations will be directed to these proud Americans as they grieve and recover.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;May God bless and unite our nation,&#8221; it adds.</p>
<p>As of Sunday morning, more than $838,000 had been raised, with a goal of $1 million.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Support For Butler PA Victims &#8211; President Trump Authorized<a href="https://t.co/DXPMrvDyE6">https://t.co/DXPMrvDyE6</a></p>
<p>— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1812343730172490010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek <span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3">Ramaswamy also promoted the GoFundMe. He and his wife Apoorva <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/gofundme-authorized-trump-butler-pa-victims-exceeds-400k-vivek-ramaswamy-donates-30k" target="_blank" rel="noopener">donated</a> $30,000 to the man&#8217;s family. </span></p>
<p>&#8220;Apoorva and I mourn for the Trump supporters who were killed or wounded in the brutal assassination attempt,&#8221; he posted to X. &#8220;Please join us in supporting these proud Americans &amp; their families. God intervened on behalf of our nation last night, let’s do our small part.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Apoorva and I mourn for the Trump supporters who were killed or wounded in the brutal assassination attempt. Please join us in supporting these proud Americans &amp; their families. God intervened on behalf of our nation last night, let’s do our small part. 🇺🇸<a href="https://t.co/YbpjPhpreO">https://t.co/YbpjPhpreO</a></p>
<p>— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) <a href="https://twitter.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1812467897073033512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 14, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Trump on Saturday night was shot at during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. In a post online, he said he heard a bullet zip by his right ear, which was pierced by a bullet. After the Secret Service rushed in to surround Trump, the former president brushed them off, threw his fist in the air, and repeatedly shouted, “Fight.” His supporters broke out in a “U-S-A” chant.</p>
<p>The Trump supporter who died has been confirmed to be a male. Two other Trump supporters were critically injured, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-vp-vance-rubio-7c7ba6b99b5f38d2d840ed95b2fdc3e5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to reports; they have been confirmed to be males, too.</p>
<p>Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112784638860095397" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to Truth Social on Sunday morning that his love goes out to those injured at the rally.</p>
<p>&#8220;Our love goes out to the other victims and their families,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;We pray for the recovery of those who were wounded, and hold in our hearts the memory of the citizen who was so horribly killed.&#8221;</p>
<p>In the same message, the former president emphasized, &#8220;it is more important than ever that we stand United, and show our True Character as Americans, remaining Strong and Determined, and not allowing Evil to Win.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-biden-statement-one-hour-after-apparent-trump-assassination-attempt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">No Biden Statement One Hour After Apparent Trump Assassination Attempt</a></strong></p>


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Trump Authorizes Fundraiser For Supporter Killed During Assassination Attempt. It’s Exploded In Donations.

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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gofundme"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GoFundMe</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> contributors quickly raised more than $200,000 for 90-year-old air force </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/veterans"><span style="font-weight: 400;">veteran</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Dillon McCormick after a news anchor made the story of him pushing shopping carts in the hot sun go viral.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Karen Swensen, a former news anchor in New Orleans, was dismayed to encounter McCormick working outside in 90-degree heat in her home state of </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/louisiana"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Louisiana</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">on Memorial Day. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">His plight encouraged her <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-usaf-veteran-dillon-mccormick-retire-at-90">to start</a> a GoFundMe, which was later shared by &#8220;Today&#8221; co-host Hoda Kotb on social media. “Let’s all help him,” she urged her 2.5 million Instagram followers.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Mr. McCormick is working to EAT,” the campaign said. “He needs $2500/month to live and says he only gets $1100 from social security. So he must push carts in triple digit heat to make ends meet. He had the kindest smile and greatest attitude. He is grateful for his job and his work ethic speaks for itself.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“He pushes carts for HOURS. I met regular shoppers who say they see him doing this &#8216;all the time.&#8217; Some, like a 73-year-old man with a limp, get out to help him. Many do double takes,” it said. “He is not afraid of hard work but he&#8217;s tired. And hungry. And frustrated.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“He is a veteran of the United States Military. It&#8217;s Memorial Day. It&#8217;s hot. Mr. McCormick was born in 1933, making him a part of the Silent Generation. Please, America, let us be his voice. We can do this. No donation is too small. If we could raise even enough for him to retire for a year, it&#8217;s something. Thank you!&#8221;</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Viewers answered the call, reaching the fundraiser’s goal of $200,000 in 24 hours, the GoFundMe update stated.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Thank you to all who donated to Mr. McCormick&#8217;s fund. Together, we raised more than $220,000 in 24 hours, enough for him to retire!! Should he choose to remain working, it will be just that &#8211; his choice,” it said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“No longer will the 90-year-old veteran have to push shopping carts in triple digit heat to put food on his table. He won&#8217;t have to walk to work (should he choose to remain); he can Uber instead, or buy a car. He will live out his days in comfort and security. Tomorrow we will begin the process of transferring the funds. What a delightful day awaits for him! God bless all of you and God bless our veterans.”</span></p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A GoFundMe set up for slain New York Police Department officer </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nypd-officer-shot-and-killed-during-traffic-stop-this-city-lost-a-hero"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jonathan Diller</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> has raised more than $500,000 for his family after he was killed on Monday.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Thursday, a statement on the </span><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/police-officer-jonathan-diller"><span style="font-weight: 400;">crowdfunding site</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> for the fallen 31-year-old NYPD officer said it has raised more than $573,000 &#8212; through nearly 8,000 donations &#8212; ranging anywhere from $25 to $5,000.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank you everyone for your continued donations,&#8221; </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">a message on the site read.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> &#8220;What started off as an attempt to put together $10,000 has exploded to over 10x that in less than a day.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;It&#8217;s almost overwhelming to see,&#8221; the message added. &#8220;The amount currently raised seems almost life changing, but unfortunately the only life changing part of this story is life that was lost. Every penny counts for the Diller family at this point, please keep spreading the word. Thank you.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy raises $1.5M for family of slain cop Jonathan Diller <a href="https://t.co/cF2EkZlvPt">https://t.co/cF2EkZlvPt</a> <a href="https://t.co/mDNVQkeEZA">pic.twitter.com/mDNVQkeEZA</a></p>
<p>— New York Post (@nypost) <a href="https://twitter.com/nypost/status/1773357431898145101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Barstool&#8217;s Sports founder Dave Portnoy also stepped in to raise money for Diller&#8217;s family after raising $1.5 million, as of this publication.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On Wednesday, Portnoy went viral when he made a plea for donations in a video on </span><a href="https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1772999541018554616?s=20"><span style="font-weight: 400;">X</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> about Diller and said, &#8220;I&#8217;m sure everybody has seen the story. Tragic. The New York City cop, Jonathan Diller, who was murdered.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Routine traffic stop, pulled over two guys, a million priors, been in and out of jail a million times and they just open fire on him, basically,&#8221; Portnoy said. &#8220;Tragic. Leaves behind a one-year-old child, his wife. We put T-shirts on sale. We&#8217;ve raised about $240,000 directly for the family.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Every penny that we make goes to the family,&#8221; he added, </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">as he promised to match that total. &#8220;I know money doesn&#8217;t cure this. Nothing can cure this, but it&#8217;s the least we can do and Barstool, myself, we’ve got a long history supporting the cops, supporting the boys in blue, supporting first responders.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;You know, it&#8217;s tragic,&#8221; the media personality continued. &#8220;These guys go out, risk their lives. … It&#8217;s just awful, so whatever we can do to support it, we will.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In a follow-up </span><a href="https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/1773316067063898529?s=20"><span style="font-weight: 400;">post</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> on Thursday, Portnoy wrote on X, &#8220;Thanks to everybody who donated. We raised [$750,000]. With the matching of the funds that brings the total to $1.5 million that will go directly to the family.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Diller, a husband and father to a 1-year-old, tragically died Monday after he was shot by a career criminal during a traffic stop in Queens, </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nypd-officer-shot-and-killed-during-traffic-stop-this-city-lost-a-hero"><span style="font-weight: 400;">according</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to law enforcement.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A 34-year-old man named Guy Rivera was sitting in the passenger seat of the vehicle during the traffic stop. As police attempted to get Rivera to vacate the car, he allegedly pulled out a handgun and shot Diller in the stomach, the New York Post </span><a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/25/us-news/nypd-cop-shot-in-chest-in-queens-rushed-to-hospital-sources/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Witness Deon Peters told the Post that he saw Diller fall to the ground after being shot, yelling, &#8220;I&#8217;m hit, I&#8217;m hit!&#8221;</span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zach Jewell contributed to this piece.</span></em></p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">House Judiciary Chair <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jim-jordan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jim Jordan</a> (R-OH) is looking into whether GoFundMe and Eventbrite cooperated with federal law enforcement during their investigation into the financial transactions of supporters of former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jordan wrote to executives at both companies on Monday, asking them to provide any communications with the FBI and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, a bureau of the Treasury Department. He noted that FinCEN emailed banks about flagging “MAGA” and “TRUMP” transactions. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After the January 6, 2021, breach at the U.S. Capitol, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-flagged-terms-like-trump-maga-for-banks-to-comb-through-customer-data-jordan-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FinCEN asked banks</a> to help federal law enforcement identify transactions of Trump supporters and others who purchased religious texts or visited certain outdoor stores, such as Cabela&#8217;s and Bass Pro Shops. FinCEN provided the banks with documentation on various typologies, suggested search terms, and also pointed them to crowdfunding sites, according to Jordan. The congressman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-flagged-terms-like-trump-maga-for-banks-to-comb-through-customer-data-jordan-says">previously said</a>, &#8220;FinCEN warned financial institutions of &#8216;extremism&#8217; indicators.&#8221; </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jordan said in <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2024-03-04%20JDJ%20to%20GoFundMe.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his letter</a> to GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan that FinCen “emailed financial institutions a list of ‘crowdfunding sites’ that included GoFundMe, Eventbrite, and Anedot, among others, and explained how financial institutions could use a ‘transaction reference’ to identify customers making certain transactions on crowdfunding sites.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“For example, in the email, FinCEN alerted financial institutions to customers’ use of Eventbrite, noting that ‘people have been observed using this site to post an event and sell tickets including bus tickets to the demonstrations,’” Jordan added. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jordan noted how transactions for individuals who “purchased tickets to events in support of President Trump” were flagged by FinCEN as potential targets for investigation. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Despite these transactions having no apparent nexus to criminal activity — and, in fact, relate to Americans exercising their First Amendment rights — FinCEN seems to have adopted a characterization of these Americans as potential threat actors,” Jordan wrote. “This kind of pervasive financial surveillance, carried out in coordination with federal law enforcement, without legal process, into Americans’ private transactions is alarming and raises serious concerns about the federal government’s potential abuses of Americans’ fundamental civil liberties.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In his letters, Jordan requested any communications from the FBI or FinCEN to either GoFundMe or Eventbrite. He gave the companies a March 18 deadline to comply with his requests. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The revelations about the federal government’s investigation into Trump supporters have lawmakers concerned about potential violations of constitutional liberties, the government’s use of private financial information, and coordination between FinCEN and the private sector.</span></p>
<p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-flagged-terms-like-trump-maga-for-banks-to-comb-through-customer-data-jordan-says">Feds Flagged Terms Like &#8216;Trump,&#8217; &#8216;MAGA&#8217; For Banks To Comb Through Customer Data, Jordan Says</a></strong></p>


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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Taylor Swift</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> donated $100,000 to the family of the woman who was killed during a Wednesday </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mass-shooting"><span style="font-weight: 400;">mass shooting</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> at the celebratory parade for the </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kansas-city-chiefs"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kansas City Chiefs</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">’ Super Bowl win.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “Elizabeth Lopez-Galvan Memorial” GoFundMe page was set up Thursday afternoon with a goal of raising $75,000 for the victim’s family. Lopez-Galvan, 44, was killed after being struck in her abdomen by a gunshot at the parade. She was a wedding DJ and also co-hosted a radio program in </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kansas-city"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kansas City</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, per </span><a href="https://variety.com/2024/music/news/taylor-swift-donation-gofundme-victim-killed-chiefs-parade-1235913423/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Variety</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Around 1,300 people had already donated when Swift made two $50,000 donations in the early morning hours on Friday. The Grammy Award-winning singer is currently on a tour stop in Australia.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Sending my deepest sympathies and condolences in the wake of your devastating loss. With love, Taylor Swift,” Swift wrote in a note accompanying the donations. Her rep confirmed to the outlet that the donations are real.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This fund has been set up to benefit the family of Lisa Lopez-Galvan,” the </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gofundme"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GoFundMe</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> page </span><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/elizabeth-lopezgalvan-memorial"><span style="font-weight: 400;">said</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Lisa was celebrating the Chiefs’ Super Bowl Victory parade when senselessly killed. She is survived by two children and her husband of 22 years. She was an amazing mother, wife, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, and friend to so many. We ask that you continue to keep her family in your prayers as we grieve the loss of her life. This fund will help provide vital financial support to her family as they process this unthinkable tragedy. Any amount is appreciated.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thanks to Swift’s donations and the resulting attention to the GoFundMe request, the fund was up to just over $197,000 as of Friday morning. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Multiple people were shot, including eleven children between the ages of 6 and 15, and Lopez-Galvan was killed when gunfire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/victim-in-kc-super-bowl-parade-shooting-identified-as-radio-dj-mom-of-2">erupted</a> at the parade</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Police detained three people following the shooting, and the investigation is ongoing. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Several parade attendees bravely tackled one of the suspected shooters during the event, holding the man on the ground for about 30 seconds until law enforcement arrived. The names and motives of the suspects have not yet been released.</span></p>


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<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alyssa-milano-responds-to-backlash-after-fundraising-for-sons-baseball-trip"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alyssa Milano</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> got slammed for going to Super Bowl LVIII after previously setting up a GoFundMe and asking people to donate to fund her son&#8217;s baseball team trip to Cooperstown.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The 51-year-old actress and activist shared a picture on her <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3OUIdAvq4t/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a> on Sunday showing her and her son sitting in the stands in Las Vegas at Allegiant Stadium — where the Kansas City Chiefs scored a 25-22 victory in overtime against the San Francisco 49ers.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">My buddy. #mothersonlove #mothersonbond #superbowl,&#8221; Milano captioned her </span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C3OUIdAvq4t/?hl=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;">post</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reading through the comments, many of those who replied to her post noted that tickets to the Super Bowl were not cheap, with tickets starting at $2,000 a <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-much-super-bowl-2024-tickets-prices/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seat</a>, </span><a href="https://pagesix.com/2024/02/12/entertainment/alyssa-milano-blasted-for-attending-super-bowl-after-fundraising-for-sons-team/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Page Six</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> noted.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">OutKick&#8217;s Clay Travis </span><a href="https://x.com/ClayTravis/status/1756923725373686217?s=20"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, &#8220;</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">My good friend [Alyssa Milano] could afford Super Bowl tickets which cost an average of $10k each, but needed (much poorer) people on Twitter to pay for her son&#8217;s team&#8217;s Cooperstown, NY little league trip. Tony Danza would never.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Another </span><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-13072443/Alyssa-Milano-BLASTED-attending-Super-Bowl-GoFundMe-scandal.html?ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_campaign=1490&amp;ito=social-twitter_mailonline"><span style="font-weight: 400;">added</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, &#8220;So you have money to take your kid to the Super Bowl but want other people to donate to your son’s baseball team?&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While a third person </span><a href="https://pagesix.com/2024/02/12/entertainment/alyssa-milano-blasted-for-attending-super-bowl-after-fundraising-for-sons-team/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">wrote</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, &#8220;Let&#8217;s be real for a second. How can a celebrity start a gofundme for her son and say that she couldn&#8217;t afford it but then pull up to the super bowl? Please explain? I’m sure I&#8217;m not the only one that would love to hear YOUR answer, let alone hers?&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Last month, the &#8220;Charmed&#8221; star faced criticism after she created the crowd-funding page </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">under her married name and shared it with her millions of followers on </span><a href="https://x.com/Alyssa_Milano/status/1750594176784482615?s=20"><span style="font-weight: 400;">X</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, which caused the post to go viral, as previously </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/out-of-touch-alyssa-milano-asks-x-users-to-contribute-to-gofundme-for-sons-baseball-team"><span style="font-weight: 400;">reported</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many people called the actress’ fundraiser &#8220;gross&#8221; and &#8220;next level tone deaf.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;My son&#8217;s baseball team is raising money for their Cooperstown trip. Any amount would be so greatly appreciated. You can read more about the team and make a donation here,&#8221; Milano wrote on X with a link to the </span><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/birds-11u-travel-fund?utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&amp;utm_medium=copy_link_all&amp;utm_source=customer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GoFundMe</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> page.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alyssa-milano-responds-to-backlash-after-fundraising-for-sons-baseball-trip"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Milano</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> later responded to the criticism and said,&#8221;Every parent raises money for their child&#8217;s sports teams and many of them do so through GoFundMe. I am no different.&#8221;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;As much as I&#8217;d love to pay for the entire team and their families for travel, transportation, hotel, food and beverage, uniforms, trading pins and all the things teams do for this kind of trip — I can not afford to do so,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Maybe someday.&#8221;</span></p>


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Alyssa Milano Gets Slammed For Going To Super Bowl After Asking For Money For Son’s Baseball Team

Alyssa Milano Gets Slammed For Going To Super Bowl After Asking For Money For Son's Baseball Team

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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Actress and activist </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alyssa-milano"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alyssa Milano</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> responded to critics who called her “out of touch” for requesting money via a </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gofundme"><span style="font-weight: 400;">GoFundMe</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> page to help deflect the cost of a baseball team event for her son.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Every parent raises money for their child’s sports teams and many of them do so through GoFundMe. I am no different,” the 51-year-old </span><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/entertainment"><span style="font-weight: 400;">celebrity</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> shared in an Instagram post on Thursday.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“As much as I’d love to pay for the entire team and their families for travel, transportation, hotel, food and beverage, uniforms, trading pins and all the things teams do for this kind of trip—I can not afford to do so. Maybe someday.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Milano continued, speculating that her critics would have come after her even if she hadn’t crowd-sourced the funds. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Also, if I did pay for everyone—my trolls would find something else to be hurtful about,” she wrote. “Regardless of how you feel about me, going on to my hardworking 12 year old son’s Instagram page and leaving these kinds of messages is so horrid. Leave the kids alone. Let them play baseball. If you are against donating—don’t donate. If you’d like to donate to help the team’s families — we appreciate it—the link is in his bio.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The “Charmed” actress added a photo with a screenshot from one of those detractors, who had commented on her son’s Instagram saying it was “selfish” for Milano, with her “net worth of 10 million dollars,” to be asking “middle income people from society to donate to a baseball team.” </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her son replied, writing that his mom was the “greatest human being of all time” and “does everything for everyone.”</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Milano originally created the GoFundMe under her married name and shared it on her X account, which caused the post to go viral, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/out-of-touch-alyssa-milano-asks-x-users-to-contribute-to-gofundme-for-sons-baseball-team">reported</a>. Several X users called out the petition, dubbing it “gross” and “next level tone deaf.”</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The actress also addressed the negative attention after it first happened. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I’m getting media inquiries about whether I have financially contributed to my son’s baseball team. I’ve paid for uniforms for the entire team and coaches, thrown bday parties and sponsor any kid who can’t afford monthly dues,” she wrote. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“The kids also do fundraising themselves—car washes, movie nights, and many other fun things! Thank you to all who have contributed to the gofundme! You’ve made things easier for these boys and their families.”</span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Amanda Prestigiacomo contributed to this report.</span></i></p>


Alyssa Milano Responds To Backlash After Fundraising For Son’s Baseball Trip

Alyssa Milano Responds To Backlash After Fundraising For Son's Baseball Trip

<p>GoFundMe has reportedly removed several fundraisers organized to raise money for the high bail set on an elderly Arizona rancher who allegedly shot and killed an illegal immigrant crossing his land.</p>
<p>George Alan Kelly, 73, has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly shooting an illegal immigrant believed to be 48-year-old Gabriel Cuen-Butimea, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/migrant-shot-dead-arizona-rancher-held-1m-murder-charge-deported-several-times-report">reported</a>. The migrant had been deported multiple times before he was killed, The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11723489/Mexican-migrant-shot-dead-Arizona-rancher-George-Alan-Kelly-pictured.html">reported</a>, most recently in 2016.</p>
<p>Kelly has pleaded with a judge to reduce his $1 million bail or to release him so that he could help his wife tend to their livestock, but he remains behind bars. His court-appointed attorney, Brenna Larkin, hasn’t tried to get him released or reduce his bail, the Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11731695/GoFundMe-removes-pages-set-strangers-elderly-Arizona-rancher.html">reported</a>, nor has she invoked Arizona’s stand your ground or trespassing laws. She has asked for more time to prepare, stating the scale of the case was overwhelming, according to the outlet.</p>
<p>Kelly has also not explained what led him to shoot Cuen-Butimea just 100 feet from the rancher’s home, or if he had encountered the man previously.</p>
<p>Several GoFundMe pages were set up to help raise money for Kelly’s bail, the Mail reported, but they have been shut down by the website, which has a history of deleting fundraisers for certain political causes. GoFundMe has cited a policy against fundraising to help defendants charged with “violent crimes,” and removed fundraisers for Kyle Rittenhouse, who was ultimately acquitted of killing two Black Lives Matter rioters in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The website also stepped into controversy when it removed fundraisers for the Freedom Convoy and claimed it had information that the protest against vaccine mandates was no longer peaceful.</p>
<p>In a statement to The Daily Wire, GoFundMe said that its &#8220;Terms of Service explicitly prohibit campaigns that raise money to cover the legal defense of anyone formally charged with an alleged violent crime.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Consistent with this long-standing policy, any fundraising campaigns for the legal defense of someone charged with murder are removed from our platform,&#8221; the company added. &#8220;Donors who contributed to the fundraising campaigns for George Alan Kelly’s legal expenses have been fully refunded.”</p>
<p>GoFundMe has not removed fundraisers for Black Lives Matter protesters or others protesting for Left-wing causes, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gofundme-allows-fundraiser-for-left-wing-activist-accused-of-shooting-cop-has-shut-down-right-leaning-fundraisers-in-past">a fundraiser</a> for Manuel Páez Terán, who is accused of shooting a police officer during an environmental protest. Terán was shot dead by police during the encounter.</p>
<p>Kelly’s arrest comes as illegal border crossings continue to increase, with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vp-harris-funnels-money-into-central-american-job-creation-in-effort-to-slow-illegal-immigration">an estimated 5.5 million migrants</a> crossing during the Biden administration so far, according to data from the Federation for American Immigration Reform.</p>
<p>Critics, such as New York Post columnist Miranda Devine, have pointed to the Biden administration’s absent attempts to secure the border.</p>
<p>“Government abandons the border, leaving elderly rancher and sick wife stuck in a lawless badlands run by cartels,” she tweeted, referring to Kelly. “So he uses his legal gun to protect himself from trespassers of unknown intent and now is in jail on $1m bail while his wife is home alone.”</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Government abandons the border, leaving elderly rancher and sick wife stuck in a lawless badlands run by cartels. So he uses his legal gun to protect himself from trespassers of unknown intent and now is in jail on $1m bail while his wife is home alone. <a href="https://t.co/QwpaZX7Mg9">https://t.co/QwpaZX7Mg9</a></p>
<p>— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) <a href="https://twitter.com/mirandadevine/status/1623669486330036225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
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GoFundMe Removes Fundraisers For Elderly Rancher Who Allegedly Shot And Killed Illegal Immigrant Crossing His Land: Report

GoFundMe Removes Fundraisers For Elderly Rancher Who Shot And Killed Illegal Immigrant Crossing His Land

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<p>A GoFundMe started Saturday has raised nearly $50,000 for the left-wing protester accused of shooting a Georgia State Patrol Officer in Atlanta last week.</p>
<p>The protester, identified in the GoFundMe <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/for-family-of-manuel-tortuguita-paez-teran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fundraiser</a> as Manuel Páez Terán, was shot and killed by police on Wednesday after he allegedly shot the trooper, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) said. The activist&#8217;s death <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alleged-far-left-rioters-attack-police-smash-office-buildings-in-atlanta">sparked unrest</a> in Atlanta over the weekend. During a press conference, GBI Director Mike Register said that law enforcement had begun removing people from a months-long protest in a forested area where a proposed law enforcement training center was to be built.</p>
<p>While police attempted to remove protesters, Páez Terán allegedly “without warning shot a Georgia State Patrol Trooper,” Register said, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/19/us/atlanta-cop-city-shooting-domestic-terrorism-charges/index.html">according to CNN</a>.</p>
<p>“The individual who fired upon law enforcement and shot the trooper was killed in an exchange of gunfire,” the director added.</p>
<p>In a <a href="https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2023-01-20/gbi-investigates-officer-involved-shooting-following-multi-agency">news release</a> issued on Friday, the GBI provided additional details about the shooting, including a photo of the handgun it says was used to shoot the trooper. Police said “the projectile recovered from the trooper’s wound matches Teran’s handgun.”</p>
<p>An earlier press release from Wednesday explained that police officers “located a man inside a tent in the woods” and “gave verbal commands to the man who did not comply and shot a Georgia State Patrol Trooper.”</p>
<p>“Other law enforcement officers returned fire, hitting the man,” the GBI said in the press release. “Law enforcement evacuated the Trooper to a safe area. The man died on scene. The injured Georgia State Patrol Trooper was taken to a local hospital where he underwent surgery. A handgun and shell casings were located at the scene. The GBI is working the officer involved shooting and the investigation is still active and ongoing.”</p>
<p>In addition, police said they retrieved “mortar style fireworks, multiple edged weapons, pellet rifles, gas masks, and a blow torch” from the protest area, though police did not say that any of these items belonged to Páez Terán.</p>
<p>Activists involved in the protest have insisted that Páez Terán did not open fire on police, with Defend the Atlanta Forest <a href="https://twitter.com/defendATLforest/status/1615796266973396993">writing on Twitter</a> that it believes “the officer shot today was hit by ‘friendly fire’ and not by the protester who was killed.”</p>
<p>Another activist, Kamau Franklin of Community Movement Builders, <a href="https://www.democracynow.org/2023/1/20/atlanta_cop_city_protester_killed">told</a> left-wing outlet Democracy Now! that Páez Terán, whom activists refer to as a “forest defender,” most likely didn’t fire at the police.</p>
<p>“To our knowledge so far, we find it less than likely that the police version of events is what really happened, the idea that he was sitting in a tent and fired out of the tent at basically a SWAT team, DeKalb County police, the Atlanta police and Georgia state troopers, who were there in great numbers to do the raid that they conducted in the park,” Franklin said.</p>
<p>GoFundMe in the past has removed fundraisers for right-leaning causes, including the “Freedom Convoy,” claiming the website had “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/after-backlash-gofundme-says-it-will-automatically-refund-freedom-convoy-donors">evidence</a>” that the protest was no longer peaceful, without divulging any of that alleged evidence. GoFundMe also removed a fundraiser for the legal defense of Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted of murder charges in the shooting deaths of three people in Kenosha, Wisconsin, back in 2020 in what video evidence showed was self-defense. In removing the Rittenhouse fundraisers, GoFundMe explained on Medium that its “Terms of Service prohibit raising money for the legal defense of an alleged violent crime.”</p>
<p>GoFundMe did not respond to a Daily Wire inquiry prior to press time.</p>
<p><strong>RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alleged-far-left-rioters-attack-police-smash-office-buildings-in-atlanta">Alleged Far-Left Rioters Attack Police, Smash Office Buildings In Atlanta</a></strong></p>


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GoFundMe Allows Fundraiser For Left-Wing Activist Accused Of Shooting Cop, Has Shut Down Right-Leaning Fundraisers In Past

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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Residents of Martha’s Vineyard, the wealthy leftist enclave where former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State John Kerry own palatial homes, started a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/f5tae-help-marthas-vineyard-migrants">GoFundMe fundraiser</a> after 50 illegal immigrants were transported by Florida GOP Governor Ron DeSantis to the doorstep of their “sanctuary city.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">They got mocked.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">One person donated $5 to the effort, then left this comment: “Lolz here’s a nickel. Use it for Kleenex. Ron DeSantis you are a legend.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Another person also donated $5 and echoed, “Oh how terrible, Martha&#8217;s Vineyard liberals got a taste of what the states on the border experience every day. Just 0.0000000005% (est.) of what the southern border experiences and you all are calling Governor Ron inhumane. Isn&#8217;t there room in your mansions for some people who need shelter and work?”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The GoFundMe page stated, “Martha&#8217;s Vineyard is a community of open-hearted individuals that view these migrants as people, not political pawns. However, the island is a resort community with only 20,000 year-round residents, and it already faces a shortage of affordable housing and off-season jobs.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">A Twitter account connected to the island wrote, “To our Island community, here is an update on current humanitarian crisis on Martha’s Vineyard….we thank people for their continued help.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">To our Island community, here is an update on current humanitarian crisis on Martha&#39;s Vineyard&#8230;.we thank people for their continued help. <a href="https://t.co/f9YRJSJPow">pic.twitter.com/f9YRJSJPow</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Visit Martha&#39;s Vineyard (@VisitMV) <a href="https://twitter.com/VisitMV/status/1570435280208904192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">“You can&#8217;t make this stuff up,” Townhall reporter Mia Cathell chimed in. “‘URGENT PLEA’! The ultra-wealthy on Martha&#8217;s Vineyard has launched a GoFundMe fundraiser, already raising over $36,000. Please help these struggling millionaires with multiple summer homes during this ‘humanitarian crisis.’”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">You can&#39;t make this stuff up. &quot;URGENT PLEA&quot;! The ultra-wealthy on Martha&#39;s Vineyard has launched a GoFundMe fundraiser, already raising over $36,000.</p>
<p>Please help these struggling millionaires with multiple summer homes during this &quot;humanitarian crisis&quot;🙏<a href="https://t.co/U9rhPrYtrh">https://t.co/U9rhPrYtrh</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) <a href="https://twitter.com/MiaCathell/status/1570783248112062464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Lisa Belcastro, coordinator for Martha’s Vineyard homeless shelter Harbor Homes, said, “The difficult challenges are, we have, at some point in time they have to move from here to somewhere else. We cannot, we don’t have the services to take care of 50 immigrants, and we certainly don’t have housing. We’re in a housing crisis as we are on this island. And we don’t, we can’t house everyone here that lives here and work here. We don’t have housing for 50 more people.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Columnist T. Becket Adams quipped: “lol a martha&#8217;s vineyard gofundme. now i&#8217;ve seen everything.”</p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">GOP consultant Matt Whitlock added: “Is Babylon Bee just scripting real life now? If Martha’s Vineyard needs a gofundme to deal with 50 migrants how do you think border towns with much less money who experience 10x that number every day are coping?   When do we all just acknowledge Biden’s disastrous policies?”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Is Babylon Bee just scripting real life now? </p>
<p>If Martha’s Vineyard needs a gofundme to deal with 50 migrants how do you think border towns with much less money who experience 10x that number every day are coping? </p>
<p>When do we all just acknowledge Biden’s disastrous policies? <a href="https://t.co/DzMb4nCvwb">https://t.co/DzMb4nCvwb</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1570630150441832448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 16, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Despite the wealthy residents&#8217; protestations of compassion for the immigrants, within one day Governor Charlie Baker <a href="https://www.abc6.com/baker-to-activate-up-to-125-members-of-the-national-guard-to-assist-with-migrants/">activated</a> up to 125 National Guard members to clear the immigrants off of the island. They were then herded onto buses to head for a military base.</p>


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‘Here’s A Nickel. Use It For A Kleenex’: Uber-Wealthy Martha’s Vineyard Mocked For Starting GoFundMe After Immigrants Arrive

Uber-Wealthy Martha’s Vineyard Mocked For Starting GoFundMe After Immigrants Arrive

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<p style="font-weight: 400;">An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ohio" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ohio man</a> who landed in a coma after being stung by thousands of killer bees when he accidentally sawed their hive in half has awakened, according to a report.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Austin Bellamy, 20, of Ripley, nearly died after getting stung up to 20,000 times Friday. He was put on a ventilator and into a medically induced coma after the attack, but awakened Wednesday, <a href="https://www.fox19.com/2022/08/31/tri-state-man-coma-after-getting-stung-20k-times-by-bees/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to Fox 19</a>. The bees nearly killed Bellamy after he cut into their nest while trimming a lemon tree.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“When he started cutting them, that’s when the bees came out, and he tried to anchor himself down, and he couldn’t,” Bellamy’s grandma, Phyllis Edwards, told the outlet. “He was hollering, ‘Help! Help me! Help!’ And nobody would help him.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Austin Bellamy&#39;s GoFundMe page explains that the young man was stung by African killer bees &#39;over 20,000 times&#39; on August 27, 2022 &#39;in a tragic tree accident&#39; <a href="https://t.co/r0NR9iG2r6">https://t.co/r0NR9iG2r6</a></p>
<p>&mdash; TRT World (@trtworld) <a href="https://twitter.com/trtworld/status/1565361341023637506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">Edwards said she and her husband, Dustin, saw it all happen from the ground but couldn’t get to Bellamy because of the swarm.</p>
<p>“I was going to try and climb the ladder to get to Austin&#8230; I seen how high he was&#8230; but I couldn’t get to him because I was surrounded in bees,” she said.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Bellamy’s mother, Shawna Carter, said her son’s injuries were horrifying.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">“It looked like he had a black blanket on his head down to his neck, down to his arms,” she said.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">A <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/kghqa7-medical-expenses?qid=bcb17ccf3823e7544119246966b490d8">GoFundMe page</a> set up for Bellamy says he was stung more than 20,000 times and swallowed at least 30 of the bees.</p>
<p>“So he had bees inside of him, and they suctioned bees out of him until Sunday morning,” wrote Carter, who established the page.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Bellamy is expected to make a full recovery.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Killer bees, or Africanized honey bees, are an invasive species were first discovered in the U.S. in 1990. They are far more aggressive than other bees, especially when their hives are disturbed. Swarms have been known to chase people for long distances, and an estimated 1,000 humans have been killed by them. Their sting is no more potent than other varieties, but their collective ferocity can be lethal.</p>


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Man Stung By 20,000 Killer Bees Awakens From Coma

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