An Air Force veteran who was severely wounded in combat launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for a border wall after reading a New York Post article that raised the prospect of a citizen-funded wall.

The GoFundMe campaign, “We the People Will Fund the Wall,” had raised more than $5 million as of mid-day Thursday and its creator, Brian Kolfage, hopes it will eventually raise the $5 billion Trump has asked Congress to appropriate toward the wall’s construction.

“If the 63 million people who voted for Trump each pledge $80, we can build the wall,” the page reads. “That equates to roughly 5 Billion Dollars, even if we get half, that’s half the wall. We can do this.”

Kolfage, who lost his legs and right hand while serving his second deployment in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2004, says he was inspired to raise the money by his desire to ensure the safety and prosperity of future generations of Americans.

“As a veteran who has given so much, 3 limbs, I feel deeply invested to this nation to ensure future generations have everything we have today,” Kolfage’s page reads. “Too many Americans have been murdered by illegal aliens and too many illegals are taking advantage of the United States taxpayers with no means of ever contributing to our society.”

Trump expressed a willingness last week to force a government shutdown if Congress refused to allocate $5 billion toward the wall’s construction but backed off that threat this week to the consternation of the hardline immigration restrictionists that comprise his earliest supporters.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that the two week stopgap spending measure he will bring to the floor to avoid a shutdown will not include border wall funding due to the “reality of our political moment.”

Kolfage said he has established a point of contact within the administration so that he can transfer the money once his goal is reached.