Austin boy uses hot chocolate stand to raise ‘over $9,000’ for border wall

A 7-year-old boy from the Austin area has received insults from community members, including being called “little Hitler,” after starting a hot chocolate stand earlier this week to raise money for President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall.

Benton Stevens wanted to contribute to the fund after attending the presidential inauguration and watching the State of the Union, his parents said. The boy’s parents, Jennifer and Shane Stevens, identify as conservatives and are both members of the Republican National Convention.

“He wanted to know about the wall so we explained what it was about and (Benton) was like ‘I want to raise money for the wall,’” Jennifer Stevens told KXAN.