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Anti-Trump 'resistance' hero Linda Sarsour steers Harvey relief funds to political activist group

Anti-Trump 'resistance' hero Linda Sarsour steers Harvey relief funds to political activist group

by Becket Adams | Aug 30, 2017, 3:41 PM | Updated Aug 30, 2017, 8:40 PM Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Email this articlShare on LinkedIn

You never want a serious crisis to go to waste, apparently.
Progressive activist and Women's March co-organizer Linda Sarsour is under fire this week for sharing a misleading pitch for Hurricane Harvey relief funds. This particular controversy begins with a tweet.
The Palestinian-American left-wing activist published the following message early Tuesday morning: "Donate to the #Harvey Hurricane Relief Fund."
Her note links to a fundraising webpage maintained by the Texas Organizing Project Education Fund. This organization is not exactly in the disaster relief business. Rather, the TOP is an activist organization, whose chief focus is advancing political goals through elections.
The group uses "community organizing, and civic and electoral engagement" and it "conducts direct action organizing, grassroots lobbying and electoral organizing," according to its webpage. "With every campaign we run, every issue we fight for and every neighborhood we organize, we focus on creating effective ways to ensure that voices of low income and minority communities are not only heard, but that they have sufficient power to advance their issues."
Now as to their hurricane relief fund webpage, which is sponsored by multiple left-wing and labor groups, including the Service Employees International Union, the Communication Workers of America, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid and the Workers Defense Project: The TOP promises that donations will be used to organize and raise awareness and legal aid for displaced Houstonians.
"Together we will organize and advocate for our devastated communities, shining a spotlight on inequalities that emerge in the restoration of lives, livelihoods, and homes, amplifying the needs of hard-hit communities, and providing legal assistance for residents wrongfully denied government support," reads the Texas Organizing Project Education Fund's hurricane relief page, which allows user to donate anywhere between $20 and $10,000.
"Your donation is vital to ensuring that we have the resources we need to organize and fight for Texans devastated by Hurricane Harvey!" the page added.