This child's parents need their rear ends kicked. What would a 7 year old even know of or care

[CatWoman]

about Trump's stupid wall?????

Austin boy sets up hot chocolate stand to raise money for border wall

AUSTIN, Texas --
An Austin boy has raised more than $5,000 from selling hot chocolate dedicated to funds to build a border wall along the southern U.S. border.


On Saturday, Benton Stevens and his dad Shane posted video on Facebook showcasing the hot chocolate stand in front of a shopping complex, selling for $2 a cup. A sign in front of the boy's stand said "proceeds help Trump build the wall."

For an extra 50 cents, Benton also offered large "Nancy Pelosi" marshmallows to melt. Smaller "Beto O'Rourke" marshmallows were also offered at no extra charge.

After sales over the weekend, Benton's dad posted Monday that the boy raised more than $2,200 through a Venmo account. By Tuesday, the dad reported the account totaled almost $5,000.

https://abc7news.com/5145526/?fbclid=IwAR2odj9iuDOIth21KUQGKqBu2Yi38rltvb_fJEw4BZRtVgO3K6JsiiMpC3M

[CrossingTheRubicon]

1. I was politically active and aware before I was 7.

Of course, I was fighting on the other side.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

2. Using Nancy Pelosi and Beto O'Rourke to sell the wall was offensive....

That was perhaps the parents' angle, not the child. To be used in that manner is also offensive.

The parents should have been the ones to have the Hot Chocolate stand, not use their child's for their political purposes.

[Clash City Rocker]

3. Five grand from selling hot chocolate?

Who is buying that much hot chocolate? Is there some sort of (cough, cough) special ingredient to make it that popular?

[CatWoman]

6. and Austin isn't that cold right now

[sdfernando]

16. someone should tell the kid that he wouldn't have chocolate at all were it not

for the those pesky indigenous populations inhabiting the areas south of the boarder.

[Blue_Tires]

19. Oh I'm certain some wealthy local repubs

have kicked in enough donations to get a little attention from the news...

[Botany]

26. It is all right wing kabuki theater... just like the kid who wanted to mow the White House grass

Poor little guy had never cut a lawn before.



You always overlap on your cuts in order to get all the grass and not leave strips standing.
Not the kid's fault but his right wing dad and his GOP connections to set up a photo op.


BTW $5,000 in @ $2.00 per cup equals 2,500 cups served.

[yesphan]

32. The kid is

veering to the left to keep a distance between him and the gross old man yelling at him.

[happybird]

29. Probably RWNJs sharing the FB post and

donating to the handy Venmo daddy dearest set up. No hot chocolate or being in Austin necessary.

Call me cynical, but this reeks of an attempt to get internet famous. Freakin' grifters.

[CottonBear]

4. My son has been going to protest marches since he was a baby!

Of course, he’s a Democrat!

We’ve marched for the ACA, worked with Obama for America on the ACA issue, protested Trump on election night 2016, protested attempts to shut down Mueller and joined in the local March for Our Lives against gun violence. We live in a blue town in the midst of a sea of red here in Georgia. Activists and activism are important in our community.

[CatWoman]

9. going to protest marches is one thing

disparaging the other side using gimmicky and silly memes is quite another

[CottonBear]

11. You're right.

I can’t imagine using a child to raise money for Trump’s wall.

[theboss]

20. So, it's ok to use kids as props for our side, but not for theirs?

My wife and I adopted three black children. During the Trayvon Martin case, we staged a picture of our then six-year old son in a hoodie with a mean look on his face and put it on social media. In an extreme close-up, he looked strangely intimidating.

He really didn't have a vote in what we were doing so maybe that was wrong. You tell me.

[CatWoman]

23. so your kid's a politician?

I think you've misread me.

[mercuryblues]

5. teaching the kid to grift

The money can't go towards the wall. My guess is the dad will get a new truck and confederate flag. The kid will get a new lego set so he can build a wall himself.

According to the Treasury Department, money donated to the government goes to a fund called "Gifts to the United States," for "general use by the federal government." The department's website says the account "was established in 1843 to accept gifts, such as bequests, from individuals wishing to express their patriotism to the United States."

Donating the money directly to the Department of Homeland Security would require approval from Congress, as laid out in a policy directive in 2008. It cites a law that says "gifts or donations of services or property of or for the Department may not be accepted, used, or disposed of unless specifically permitted in advance" by Congress.

https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-gofundme-money-raised-to-build-trumps-border-wall-will-go-to-the-wall-2018-12

[CatWoman]

7. exactly

[happybird]

30. +1

Grifters gonna grift.

[yankeepants]

8. That $$ should go toward his much needed education. n/t

[okaawhatever]

13. LOL Good one. nt

[IcyPeas]

10. Where's Permit Patty

She's the one who called the cops on a young black girl selling water.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/white-woman-dubbed-permit-patty-calling-police-black-girl-denies-n886226

[ecstatic]

37. +1. nt

[MyOwnPeace]

12. Are we allowed to ask.......

the IRS to "follow the money?"

[okaawhatever]

14. How about Venmo or the local district attorney, after all raising money for a purpose

other than the one stated is surely against the law. Never mind a permit or some other formal recognition of their cause.

[Solly Mack]

15. They did a "human interest" story on a child being taught to hate and promote ignorance?

Damn.

'Cause if abc7 news was hoping I'd be impressed by a young child selling hate by the cup they have another think coming.

What that child is doing in no way compares to a young child raising funds to actually help people.

Sad. Sick. Tiresome.

[COLGATE4]

17. "A fool and his money are soon parted" nt

[Blue_Tires]

18. fuck this shit... seriously

Link to tweet

[rownesheck]

21. these people

need to move out of Austin. Maybe settle in east Texas?

[CatWoman]

24. i really don't agree with you

I truly don't.

[cwydro]

25. You don't think we would be applauding a Dem kid raising money for Dem causes?

Yes. We would.

[CatWoman]

27. a Dem cause is a Dem cause

a wall is fucking stupid. A stupid gimmick at that.

[lunatica]

36. First I'd have to believe it's possible to sell $2000 worth of coffee

On a makeshift kiddie stand in any neighborhood just over a weekend.



Then I’d wonder why a Dem kid was so full of hate.

[dameatball]

28. Probably selling white chocolate.

[ExciteBike66]

31. If they are smart then they are just scamming the gullible...

Wasn't the problem with the "Go Fund Me" wall account that the federal government cannot accept such donations from individuals?

[CatWoman]

33. exactly

i think this money will just find its way into the dad's bank account

[ExciteBike66]

38. I hope it goes to the kid's college fund! nt

[keithbvadu2]

34. What a great kid... paying for Mexico's obligation.

What a great kid... paying for Mexico's obligation.

[lunatica]

35. He sold $2000s of coffee in his kiddie coffee stand on a weekend?

Sure he did!