Former undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson is looking to crowdfund enough money to buy Twitter so President Donald Trump can’t use it.
Seriously.
Wilson launched the fundraiser last week, tweeting:
https://twitter.com/ValeriePlame/status/898610808527011840
But, as of Wednesday morning, she had raised less than $6,000 of her $1 billion goal.
Embarrassing!
In an emailed statement, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the low total shows that the American people like the President’s use of Twitter.
“Her ridiculous attempt to shut down his first amendment is the only clear violation and expression of hate and intolerance in this equation,” the statement read.
Wilson wrote on the fundraiser’s GoFundMe page that she hopes to raise enough money to buy a controlling interest of Twitter stock. If she doesn’t have enough to purchase a majority of shares, she said, she will explore options to buy “a significant stake” and champion the proposal at Twitter’s annual shareholder meeting.
If Wilson were to hit her $1 billion goal, she’d still fall far short of gaining a controlling interest in the company. As of Wednesday, a majority stake would cost roughly $6 billion. But a $1 billion stake would make her Twitter’s largest shareholder and give her a very strong position to exert influence on the company.
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The Associated Press contributed to this article.