Linda Sarsour Funneling Hurricane Donations Through Political Action Committee

It makes you want to vomit.

8.30.2017

On Monday, Palestinian activist Linda Sarsour urged her Twitter followers to click a link and “Donate to the #Harvey Hurricane Relief Fund.” It’s a nice gesture from someone with ties to Islamic terrorists and who recently called for jihad against President Trump. But upon closer inspection, the “relief fund” she directed everyone to is a political action committee known as Texas Organizing Project (TOP).

The landing page looks somewhat legitimate. There’s a stock satellite photo of a hurricane and a picture of flooded freeways in Houston. Next to the donation amount buttons reads:

Your donation is vital to ensuring that we have the resources we need to organize and fight for Texans devastated by Hurricane Harvey!

Rebuilding in areas impacted by Harvey will be most challenging for marginalized communities. Nearly a quarter of Houstonians live in poverty, approximately 550,000 people, and there are about 575,000 immigrants in the Houston metro area. We will work to ensure that Harvey's most vulnerable victims have access to critical services from first response and basic needs to healthcare, housing and transportation.

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.

There are several icon badges at the bottom that represent other political organizations like Faith in Texas, and unions like the Communications Workers of America and theService Employees International Union, and that's where the scam becomes clear. At the very bottom, Texas Organizing Project Education Fund is listed, which is a subsidiary ofTOP.

The Women’s March leader was also directing followers to other charities and organizations that help only “immigrant, Black, Latinx” communities. Sarsour was called out on Twitter for where she was funneling supposed hurricane relief and it seemed she noticed because she later tweeted:

“‘Alt-right’ must have sent out an email blast. My mentions are on steroids.”

But Sarsour’s feed suddenly began showing diaper and food bank donation sites as well as other relief organizations specific to natural disasters.

For good measure, Sarsour retweeted a jab at Houston-based televangelist Joel Osteen, who was accused of closing his church’s doors to flood victims, that noted the mosques that were opening theirs:

Here's one way to counter Sarsour's actions:lternative NOAA @altNOAA