A political action committee that supported Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign appeared to take down its website after being linked to a fundraising text message sent just hours after Border Patrol agents fatally shot Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Screenshots shared widely on X on Saturday showed a text message sent from a toll-free number that began with the phrase “Alex Pretti is the limit” and urged recipients to “Stand with us! Donate $50 for 200% MATCH.” The message linked to a donation landing page for Democratic Youth Wave PAC hosted on ActBlue, a major Democratic fundraising platform.
At the time of publication, both the donation page and Democratic Youth Wave’s website were no longer accessible. By Sunday morning, the link in the text message redirected users to a page stating that the fundraiser was “not currently accepting any donations.” That page also linked to the PAC’s website, which briefly remained live but did not allow contributions through its donation button. The site was later taken offline entirely, with its URL leading to a Wix.com error page indicating the domain was not connected to a website.
In addition to soliciting donations, the text message urged Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to “END THE OPERATION,” echoing calls from some Democrats to remove federal immigration enforcement agents from the state.
The fundraising message drew widespread criticism on social media. John Hagner, a Minneapolis-based partner at an analytics and polling firm that supports Democratic candidates and left-wing causes, posted a screenshot of the text Saturday afternoon and condemned it. It remains unclear whether the fundraising effort was still accepting donations at the time of his post.
Before Democratic Youth Wave’s website was taken down, the Daily Caller News Foundation attempted to contact the PAC to request comment and clarification on whether the donation link had been altered after the text was sent. The site’s contact form appeared to be nonfunctional at the time.
ActBlue responded publicly to Hagner’s post roughly two hours later, stating that it is “a tech platform” that does “not write or approve what campaigns and causes are sending,” while adding that its team was “listening” and “exploring ways to address exploitative practices.” Hagner replied that the damage caused by such practices was “immense and ongoing.”
An ActBlue spokesperson later told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the platform had “immediately contacted” Democratic Youth Wave after becoming aware of the text message referencing Pretti’s death. According to the spokesperson, the associated fundraising campaign was no longer active, and the platform was proactively refunding donors.
Additional scrutiny followed after another X user shared a screenshot suggesting Democratic Youth Wave misspelled Gov. Walz’s name as “Waltz” in a separate August 2024 text message.
Campaign finance records show that Democratic Youth Wave spent $196,714 during the 2024 election cycle on independent expenditures, communication costs, and coordinated expenses, all in support of Harris’s unsuccessful presidential bid, according to OpenSecrets. The PAC does not list spending in any other election cycle dating back to 2000.
Federal Election Commission filings list $19,770 in total federal receipts and $292,137.48 in total federal disbursements for Democratic Youth Wave during the 2025–2026 reporting period. The PAC reported $1,077,777.79 in cash on hand at the close of the reporting period ending Sept. 30, 2025. The organization lists a mailing address in Alpharetta, Georgia, and identifies Nantambu Foley as its treasurer.
Records indicate that an individual with that name previously served as an intern and fellow for Democratic Rep. Jonathan Jackson of Illinois between 2023 and 2024. The same individual appears to have hosted a political podcast titled “What’s the Context?” While episodes of the podcast are no longer available online, its website remained live at the time of publication. Foley’s LinkedIn profile also appeared to have been recently removed. The Daily Caller News Foundation contacted Foley using an email address associated with the podcast but did not receive an immediate response.
Before it was taken down, Democratic Youth Wave’s website stated that the PAC sought to “empower young Democrats by boosting youth voter turnout” and to create a nationwide “blue wave.” The group also maintains a YouTube channel that remained active at the time of publication. The channel lists four videos, including a short political advertisement featuring stock footage and a donation QR code, with comments disabled.
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