Lauren Boebert’s anti-trans fundraiser for Olympic boxer fails miserably

Lauren Boebert’s anti-trans campaign, that tried to raise funds for an Olympic boxer who quit seconds into a bout against a fighter falsely accused of being a biological male, has failed miserably.

The embattled Colorado Congresswoman launched a fundraiser for Italian athlete Angela Carini in August after she abandoned her boxing match against Algerian athlete Imane Khelif.

Khelif was at the centre of a media storm during the summer games when she was wrongly accused of being transgender.

Now it has emerged that Carini’s coach rejected Boebert’s fundraising efforts and the money is being returned to donors.

“A person with XY chromosomes was allowed to compete against actual, biological women in the Olympics,” Boebert said in a September 30 post on X. “Americans were rightly outraged, and gave generously to my GiveSendGo fund for Angela Carini, one of the women who was beaten up in the ring and that had to stop her match to avoid being seriously injured.”

The fundraiser argued that Carini’s chance at a gold medal had been “stolen.” It aimed to raise $196,000, the equivalent of Italy’s gold medal prize money. “As of August 15, it had garnered$67,000. “Every dollar contributed will go directly to Angela Carini,” the description read.

But Carini didn’t want the money.

“After my team heard from Angela’s coach, we were informed that she didn’t want to continue with what has been a difficult chapter in her life. While she appreciated the support by so many, she decided not to accept the funds,” Boebert wrote on X this week.

“GiveSendGo refunded the contributions late last week as a result. Thank you to everyone who stepped up to right this wrong. Your generosity is overwhelming!” she added.

Boebert’s fundraiser launched as