Christian crowdfunding website GiveSendGo has reached over $5 million in donations since hosting a campaign for the Freedom Convoy truckers demonstrating in Ottawa, Canada.
As of Monday, the group has raised roughly $5,004,360 of its $16,000,000 goal, according to the campaign website.
“To our Fellow Canadians, the time for political over reach is over,” the description of the campaign reads. “Our current government is implementing rules and mandates that are destroying the foundation of our businesses, industries and livelihoods. Canadians have been integral to the fabric of humanity in many ways that have shaped the planet.”
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“We are asking for Donations to help with the costs of fuel first, and hopefully food and lodgings to help ease the pressures of this arduous task,” the campaign description said. The truckers’ stated goal was to demand the Canadian government “cease all mandates against its people.”
The GiveSendGo campaign raised approximately $2.4 million on the day it launched.
GoFundMe announced on Friday night it had removed the initial page after speaking with law enforcement, notign the truckers violated the website’s terms of services.
The fundraiser was also frozen on Jan. 25 when it reached $4.7 million. GoFundMe said the campaign would remain frozen until the company could verify how the funds would be distributed.
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“It’s a small price to pay for our freedoms,” the description said. “We thank you all for your Donations and know that you are helping reshape this once beautiful country back to the way it was.”
Thousands of truckers remain in Canada’s capital city as they continue to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, along with state attorneys from West Virginia and Louisiana, have promised to investigate GoFundMe’s removal of the campaign’s page.
The Washington Examiner reached out to GiveSendGo for a statement but did not receive a response.
