Amid all the rumors of a presidential run, Oprah Winfrey announced a half a million dollar donation to a gun grabbing cause:
George and Amal, I couldn’t agree with you more. I am joining forces with you and will match your $500,000 donation to ‘March For Our Lives.’ These inspiring young people remind me of the Freedom Riders of the 60s who also said we’ve had ENOUGH and our voices will be heard.
— Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) February 20, 2018
This is to match a donation from George Clooney and his wife, Amal, but given that Oprah is worth about $2.8 BILLION, it’s actually not that much.
I did the math, and if you compare her worth to that of regular Americans, this is comparable to about nine bucks of her net worth. NINE BUCKS!!!
In any case, I’m sure it’ll do a lot of good towards eroding our constitutional rights because teens want us to.
Here are some responses:
https://twitter.com/alaskantexanQCT/status/966085855487102977This is AMAZING. We have failed our kids on gun control for too long. So it's our turn now to believe in their leadership, and to step up and support them in every way we can. #MarchForOurLives https://t.co/DvVvOGxx54
— Jennifer Siebel Newsom (@JenSiebelNewsom) February 20, 2018
Thank you to Oprah, George, Amal and all those with the financial power, platform and/or voice to support these young people who have suffered unimaginable horror, but are turning their personal trauma into a movement! https://t.co/bUViKNAo9w
— Kathy Johnson Clarke, OLY (@kathyjohnsongym) February 20, 2018