Democrats Raised More Than $13,000 To Reopen A Firebombed Republican Office
Democrats Raised More Than $13,000 To Reopen A Firebombed Republican Office
Claudia Koerner BuzzFeed News Reporter
A Republican Party office in North Carolina was firebombed and vandalized on Saturday, and police are investigating who is responsible.
The incident was condemned across the political aisle, from presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to local officials — and a group of academics.
Zeynep Tufekci of the University of North Carolina’s School of Information Science first tweeted about Democrats helping the GOP office, and David Weinberger of Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Technology later launched a campaign on GoFundMe.
“Zeynep’s idea of having Democrats contribute to re-opening a Republican
office that was a victim of political terrorism — no matter who was responsible — struck a chord with me, and apparently with lots of other people,” Weinberger told BuzzFeed News.
Within 40 minutes, the online campaign beat its $10,000 goal and it was later closed out with a total of $13,117.
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Claudia Koerner BuzzFeed News Reporter
A Republican Party office in North Carolina was firebombed and vandalized on Saturday, and police are investigating who is responsible.
The incident was condemned across the political aisle, from presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to local officials — and a group of academics.
Zeynep Tufekci of the University of North Carolina’s School of Information Science first tweeted about Democrats helping the GOP office, and David Weinberger of Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Technology later launched a campaign on GoFundMe.
“Zeynep’s idea of having Democrats contribute to re-opening a Republican
office that was a victim of political terrorism — no matter who was responsible — struck a chord with me, and apparently with lots of other people,” Weinberger told BuzzFeed News.
Within 40 minutes, the online campaign beat its $10,000 goal and it was later closed out with a total of $13,117.
READ MORE: https://www.buzzfeed.com/claudiakoerner/de...
