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TexasTowelie

(112,252 posts)
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 06:57 AM Feb 2019

Austin boy uses hot chocolate stand to raise 'over $9,000' for border wall

A 7-year-old boy from the Austin area has received insults from community members, including being called “little Hitler,” after starting a hot chocolate stand earlier this week to raise money for President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall.

Benton Stevens wanted to contribute to the fund after attending the presidential inauguration and watching the State of the Union, his parents said. The boy’s parents, Jennifer and Shane Stevens, identify as conservatives and are both members of the Republican National Convention.

“He wanted to know about the wall so we explained what it was about and (Benton) was like ‘I want to raise money for the wall,’” Jennifer Stevens told KXAN.

Benton created the stand in front of a strip mall in Steiner Ranch on Saturday and made about $230 before his father decided to close the stand because of the backlash toward the store owners nearby.

Read more: https://www.statesman.com/news/20190220/austin-boy-uses-hot-chocolate-stand-to-raise-over-9000-for-border-wall

Don't get me started.

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Austin boy uses hot chocolate stand to raise 'over $9,000' for border wall (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2019 OP
Does he realize that by raising money for "The Wall," he's enabling the process no_hypocrisy Feb 2019 #1
I doubt that his parents will mention that or many other facts TexasTowelie Feb 2019 #2
Bless his indoctrinated little heart. Shell_Seas Feb 2019 #3

no_hypocrisy

(46,130 posts)
1. Does he realize that by raising money for "The Wall," he's enabling the process
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 07:08 AM
Feb 2019

of taking away the property of his Texan brethren by the border?

TexasTowelie

(112,252 posts)
2. I doubt that his parents will mention that or many other facts
Thu Feb 21, 2019, 07:16 AM
Feb 2019

that are the likely end results of the process.

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