United States – A GoFundMe campaign for the victims of the Saturday assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump at a conservative rally in Pennsylvania has received over USD 3 million in donations thus far, with Dana White and Kid Rock among its biggest contributors.
The GoFundMe, which states that “President Trump authorized” it, is to be run by Meredith O’Rourke, another Trump’s top finance person, for supporting those who were wounded or killed in the shooting at the Trump rally in Butler on Saturday, as reported by USA Today.
Contributions From Prominent Figures
Dana White The GoFundMe was created with the goal of fundraising USD 1 million, but it received more than USD 3.6 million from over 49,000 donations by Monday morning.
The attempt at assassination resulted in the loss of one spectator, Corey Comperatore, while two others were in critical condition. Trump got a cut in his right ear after a gunman fired an AR-15-style rifle on a rooftop about 400 meters away from the rally.
Support for Victims and Families
The alleged gunman, who was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks by the FBI on Sunday, died after shooting the two people.
Comperatore was a firefighter from Sarver, Pennsylvania, with two daughters and greatly supported Donald Trump.
“Yesterday time stopped,” Allyson Comperatore, his daughter, said on Facebook. “And when it started again, my family and I started living a real-life nightmare.”
The two men who were shot – a 57-year-old New Kensington, Pennsylvania, and a 74-year-old Moon Township man – were listed in stable condition Sunday on the update from the Pennsylvania State Police.
A GoFundMe to support the family, specifically Allyson Caomperatore, daughter of the deceased, was created on Sunday to raise USD 7,000.
Community Unites in Response
The most important contributions so far for the O’Rourke GoFundMe are USD 50,000 from The Heritage Foundation, USD 50,000 from American Hartford Gold, USD 50,000 from UFC CEO White, and USD 50,000 from the singer Kid Rock.
Other significant contributions to the fundraiser are USD 30,000 from former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, USD 25,000 from the Scaramucci family, and USD 15,000 from conservative pundit Ben Shapiro.
O’Rourke has been a leading political donor to Republicans for more than thirty years, including current U.S. Senator Rick Scott and former Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, including his gubernatorial bid here. She also worked for a brief period in 2015 in the campaign for former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie for the presidency, as reported by USA Today.
Her LinkedIn profile lists her currently as “National Finance Director and Senior Advisor to Donald J. Trump For President 2024, Inc.”