Suspended Ford employee who heckled Trump sparks over $800,000 in GoFundMe donations
Source: Business Insider
Jan 14, 2026, 7:18 PM ET
A Ford employee who was suspended after heckling President Donald Trump has sparked an outpouring of crowdfunding support.
The GoFundMe donations, totaling over $800,000 in less than 24 hours, come after the Ford line worker, TJ Sabula, told The Washington Post that he heckled Trump during the President's visit to his workplace.
Trump visited a Michigan plant on Tuesday where the automaker builds its best-selling F-150 full-size pickup truck. The brief visit was intended to highlight the White House's commitment to rebuilding the US workforce and Ford's focus on rebuilding a blue-collar workforce pipeline.
Video from the event obtained by TMZ shows Trump gesturing after someone shouted "pedophile protector" — which Sabula has since said was him — in an apparent reference to White House's delay in releasing the full Epstein files. The President can be seen raising his middle finger after the remark and mouthing an expletive.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/ford-employee-tj-sabula-gofundme-donations-2026-1
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he's already said if we're at war no elections, and he wants to start one with NATO so he can crown
himself king. Our next "No Kings" events should have a "No Wars" theme. 
