Valerie Plame Wilson raises money to buy Twitter so she can delete Trump's account

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A former CIA operations officer is raising money to purchase a controlling interest in Twitter to delete President Trump's account on the social platform.

Valere Plame Wilson, who was employed by the CIA as a covert officer until she was outed in a 2003 leak, announced her "Let's #BuyTwitter and #BanTrump" campaign" on Twitter Saturday.

"From emboldening white supremacists to promoting violence against journalists, his tweets damage the country and put people in harm's way," Wilson wrote on her GoFundMe page. "But threatening actual nuclear war with North Korea takes it to a dangerous new level."

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Wilson launched the campaign after reportedly slamming Twitter executives for refusing to delete Trump's account.

So far, Wilson, who said she needs $1 billion dollars to buy enough shares from the site to ban Trump's account, has managed to pull in $3,000 since she created the page on Aug. 16.

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But she understands the institutional barriers she faces with the enormity of such a task, adding that if she fails to reach her goals, she will "explore options for buying a significant stake in the company and champion this proposal at the annual shareholder meeting."

"If that's impossible for any reason or if there is a surplus from this campaign, 100 percent of the balance of proceeds will be donated to Global Zero, a nonprofit organization leading the resistance to nuclear war," Wilson said.

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