George Clooney, Scooter Braun, Move On, Planned Parenthood - March for Our Lives

This notion that school kids are organizing a march on Washington is, of course, a joke.

George Clooney and Scooter Braun Secretly Major Forces Behind March for Our Lives https://t.co/oOLLqnFMVP

— TMZ (@TMZ) February 28, 2018

George Clooney donated half a million bucks to support the march.

How did that work?

That's not like your typical fundraiser by kids money.

This has become a multi-million dollar operation.

Sorry, but it's ridiculous to paint this march as something kids are doing.

They are getting TONS of help from interested parties.

From TMZ:

George Clooney and Scooter Braun are secretly working behind the scenes for the March for Our Lives campaign ... and TMZ knows this all because we wanted to find out how many MOL t-shirts were sold.

...We were told over 22,000 items have been sold, but our producer wanted to know more, and she was referred to a woman who is running the fundraising campaign. Turns out ... the woman works for Scooter Braun.

After more digging, we found out Scooter is deeply involved in the fundraising efforts but was determined not to take the spotlight away from the students, so he used one of his employees for cover. As you know, Scooter organized the Manchester charity event for the victims of the Ariana Grande concert bombing.

We also found out Clooney, who donated $500k to March For Our Lives, is actively working behind the scenes to provide various forms of help. And sources at MOL tell us Clooney is the one who started the behind-the-scenes work and recruited Braun and others.

We're assuming they've done all this on the QT because they feel it would diminish the impact of the movement if celebrities appear to be running the show -- the students are the ones changing hearts and minds and it's important it stays that way.

The Parkland teens are now getting help from major progressive organizations, including Everytown, Move On, Planned Parenthood, and the Women’s March LA. https://t.co/kwTlsLvzjY

— Matt Berman (@Mr_Berman) February 27, 2018

From BuzzFeed:

Several large progressive organizations, donors, and a high-powered public relations firm are backing the March for Our Lives movement, which is quickly evolving from a student-run social media effort to end gun violence into one backed by some of the most influential activists in the country.

In the days after the shooting in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17 people, the teenage survivors of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School were impossible to ignore. They blanketed cable news coverage, built a massive following on social media, and began to organize a rally in the country's capital in support of gun reform.

Barely two weeks ago, the student survivors sat in a circle in the living room of one of their parents' homes, planning a trip to Tallahassee to meet with lawmakers and handling nitty-gritty matters like which media outlets to talk to.

Since then, major players and organizations — including Everytown, Giffords, Move On, Planned Parenthood, and the Women’s March LA — told BuzzFeed News they are helping the students with logistics, strategy, and planning for next month’s March for Our Lives rally and beyond. Much of the specific resources the groups are providing to the Parkland students remains unclear — as is the full list of supporting organizations — but there are broad outlines.

The March for Our Lives is not a student-run thing.

Facts First.