UMVA has learned that a fundraising campaign for a Texas healthcare worker fired over a viral confrontation with a Muslim woman at a grocery store has quickly raised more than $86,000 from over 2,200 donors in just two days.
The fundraiser is aimed at helping 25-year-old Dasha Kilpatrick, a medical massage therapist and holistic practitioner who worked at Massage Forest/Inner Light Holistic Healing in the Conroe area until she was fired following the video going viral with accusations of “racism.”
In the footage, Kilpatrick makes incendiary statements, claiming that Islam is a terrorist organization, that America is a Christian country and not a Muslim one, and that Muslim immigrants are not welcome here, while also making derogatory comments about the Prophet Muhammad.
The video does not show how the incident began or what provoked the argument, but it sparked widespread outrage and support for Kilpatrick, with some describing her statements as speaking uncomfortable truths, while others have called the confrontation “Islamophobic” harassment.
Supporters have rallied around Kilpatrick, and a GiveSendGo campaign titled “Stand with brave Texas healthcare worker” was quickly organized by Tom Hennessey, who has a track record of creating wildly successful GiveSendGo fundraisers for individuals subjected to high-profile cancel campaigns.
The campaign has blown past its initial goal of $50,000 in just 9 hours, and Hennessey is now aiming to reach $100,000, with many donors praising Kilpatrick for speaking her mind.
This incident bears striking similarities to another high-profile case, in which a mother in Rochester, Minnesota, raised over $220,000 in donations after a video showed her using a racial slur at a playground.
The rapid outpouring of support for Kilpatrick and the fundraising campaign has sparked a heated debate about free speech, cancel culture, and the limits of acceptable discourse in modern society.
