The Florida Republican tore into GoFundMe after the company had already publicly promised to give refunds to all those who donated to the campaign.
Florida’s governor announced Saturday that he would investigate GoFundMe over its removal of a fundraiser for Canadian truckers who refused a vaccine mandate.
accused the company of fraud, saying it could not “commandeer” the nearly $9 million supporters had donated. His comments came after GoFundMe had already promised to give refunds to all those who donated to the campaign. The attorneys general for West Virginia and Louisiana joined DeSantis in vowing to investigate GoFundMe.
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