Colorado Politics

Challenges for charities harness outrage over Trump

Challenges are being thrown down again. Donald Trump was instigated to take the Ice Bucket Challenge by Vince McMahon, Mike Tyson and Homer Simpson in 2014. He accepted, and Miss Universe and Miss USA dumped Trump-brand bottled water over the future president’s head.

Now anti-Trump operatives on social media want to soak him again. Have you seen these challenges on your Facebook feed?

As Trump continues to execute his hateful agenda, I accept _________’s challenge to support refugees and everyone affected by these egregious violations of human rights. I will donate to the ________ depending on how many likes and comments I receive on this post in the next 24 hours.1 like = $11 comment = $2Once the challenge is over I’ll nominate 10 of my friends.Let’s keep this going everyone!!

Usually it’s the ACLU and Planned Parenthood who are the recipients. I haven’t been able to trace it to its origin, but it’s safe to say it wasn’t Trump Tower.

Though it didn’t mention any challenges, the Detroit Free Press reported Friday that the American Civil Liberties Union received more than $24 million in online donations the weekend after Trump’s executive order temporarily banning refugees and travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries on Jan. 27.

“It does really reflect a great amount of concern and fear in the general public,” said Kary Moss, executive director of the  ACLU of Michigan.

Planned Parenthood reported 400,000 people have donated since Trump was elected. Trump and fellow Republicans could try to take away federal funding for women’s healthcare services from Planned Parenthood over opposition to abortion.

The blog for Salon magazine even publicized nine charities people outraged about Trump could give to.

“What a mess,” Trump said the last time he got soaked.

Maybe he can get a tax deduction for all these donations he’s raising.


PREV

PREVIOUS

Point, Counterpoint: Will President Trump’s cabinet be good for America?

Rosemary Lytle There’s one thing on which all of us can likely agree: We really are the Divided States of America now. If the nomination and confirmation process for cabinet members is any indication, there’s no sign of a healing of the breech. Per 5th-grade knowledge, the tradition of the cabinet goes back to the […]

NEXT

NEXT UP

Insider Morris Saunders joins Capitol insider firm Sewald Hanfling

Brittany Morris Saunders is well known in Colorado’s business, political and philanthropic circles as the Downtown Denver Partnership’s senior vice president for economic development and public affairs. On Feb. 21 she will be known as the president of local affairs for the Capitol insider firm Sewald Hanfling Public Affairs. Morris Saunders also is leaving the Denver Planning […]


Welcome Back.

Streak: 9 days i

Stories you've missed since your last login:

Stories you've saved for later:

Recommended stories based on your interests:

Edit my interests