Luigi Mangione Fundraiser Outpaces Madison Shooting Victim GoFundMe
A legal fundraiser for UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione is gaining more in donations than a fundraiser for the victims of Monday’s school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin.
Mangione’s GiveSendGo legal fund, created by the anonymous December 4 Legal Committee, experienced a flood of $6,000 in donations following his Dec. 9 arrest. Donors also left messages of support, with one person writing with their donation, “You deserve a fair and legal trial.”
In contrast, a GoFundMe page created by parent April Landphier for those affected by the Abundant Life Christian School received $80 in donations in 24 hours. The page, which doesn’t allow donors to write a message with their donations, explained that funds will be used to “purchase meals, groceries, gift cards, jackets, etc.” to be distributed by the school or a local church.
“As a parent of ALCS’s sister school, Lighthouse Christian School, I personally know the students at ALCS,” wrote Landphier. “I am not at liberty to release names, but I can share that one of the students in critical condition has a close relationship to LCS.”
Mangione’s fund has so far raised $151,733 toward its goal of $500,000. The fund for Abundant Life Christian School has raised $260 toward its goal of $5,000.
Mangione’s fund is composed of 15 volunteers from around the country formed after Thompson’s death, reported Newsweek.
“To see why this fundraiser is important, simply take a look at all the other crowdfunding campaigns in the U.S.,” a spokesperson with the fund told Newsweek. “The vast majority are for medical expenses from people in desperate situations, the exact situations that insurance theoretically should protect against. It doesn’t.”
About her fund, Landphier told Newsweek, “The GoFundMe says all I wish to speak on. I simply want to help those in need as someone who has been the recipient of help in an emergency situation in the past.”
