{"id":564725,"date":"2021-06-15T15:51:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T19:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=564725"},"modified":"2021-06-15T15:51:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T19:51:30","slug":"abbott-will-attempt-to-use-crowdfunding-to-bankroll-texas-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abbott-will-attempt-to-use-crowdfunding-to-bankroll-texas-border-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Abbott Will Attempt To Use Crowdfunding To Bankroll Texas Border Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fabbott-will-attempt-to-use-crowdfunding-to-bankroll-texas-border-wall%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=564725&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has announced plans to crowdfund Texas\u2019 border wall with Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I do make the announcement later on this week, I will also be providing a link that you can click on and go to for everybody in the United States \u2014 really everybody in the entire world \u2014 who wants to help Texas build the border wall, there will be a place on there where they can contribute,\u201d the Texas Republican said on the conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/ruthlesspodcast.com\/episodes\/episode-73-toobin-and-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ruthless<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott had already announced that Texas would construct its own wall to secure the border but has yet to release a plan on how it would fund the endeavor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2021\/06\/11\/texas-border-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Texas Tribune<\/a> reported. \u201cTexas will not sit idly by as this crisis grows,\u201d Abbott said in Del Rio, Texas, last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is out of control and a change is needed,\u201d he said, the Tribune reported.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first attempt at crowdfunding the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/12\/biden-construction-border-wall-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">border wall<\/a>, as We Build The Wall, a private fundraising organization, accrued $25 million on a pledge to build three miles of border wall across the South Texas border. Four men involved with the effort, including Steve Bannon, were later <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/20\/steve-bannon-brian-kolfage-indicted-border-wall-nonprofit\/?filter_by=popular7&#038;s=08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">indicted<\/a> in August by the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Southern District of New York on suspicions of allegedly defrauding donors.<\/p>\n<p>Bannon was later pardoned by former President Donald Trump last year.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7214791\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7214791\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7214791 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233341577-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Texas Governor Abbott Signs ERCOT Reforms Legislation Into Law\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233341577-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233341577-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233341577-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233341577-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233341577-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233341577-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7214791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">AUSTIN, TX \u2013 JUNE 08: (L-R) State Rep. Chris Paddie, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and State Senator Kelly Hancock attend a press conference where Abbott signed Senate Bills 2 and 3 at the Capitol (Photo by Montinique Monroe\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Abbott said the donations would \u201cgo to a fund in the state of Texas, not a private entity, not an individual,\u201d and will be \u201coverseen by the state of Texas in the governor\u2019s office.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/05\/caitlyn-jenner-us-desperate-need-border-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Caitlyn Jenner Says US In Desperate Need Of A Border Wall)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone will know every penny in, every penny out, but the sole purpose for those funds will be going to build the border wall,\u201d he said on the podcast.<\/p>\n<p>Abbott will also have to overcome legal disputes with private citizens that own much of the land the border wall would be built on. This proved to be a major roadblock to the Trump administration\u2019s own attempts to build the wall, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/immigration\/texas-gov-abbott-vows-build-border-wall-mexico-n1270446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has announced plans to crowdfund Texas\u2019 border wall with Mexico.\u201cWhen I do make the announcement later on this week, I will also be providing a link &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2280361,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233341577-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Abbott Will Attempt To Use Crowdfunding To Bankroll Texas Border Wall","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-564725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1233341577-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Abbott Will Attempt To Use Crowdfunding To Bankroll Texas Border Wall","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2280361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}