Updated Friday, Jan. 27, 9:12 a.m. ET

Ron Paul has exceeded his fundraising goal, collecting more than $261,000 as of this morning. The theme of the online fundraiser was aimed at ending the Transportation Security Administration.

Our original post begins here:

Ron Paul appears headed toward reaching his latest fundraising goal: $250,000 to help end the Transportation Security Administration.

The GOP presidential candidate began a "money bomb" shortly after his son, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, got stopped at the Nashville airport on Monday after setting off an alarm on a body-scanning machine. The younger Paul declined a pat-down search by the TSA but was allowed to board a later flight.

As of 11 a.m. ET today, Ron Paul had raised more than $226,000 toward his goal to "end the TSA now," as he says on his campaign website.

Both Pauls are frequent critics of the TSA. After the Rand Paul incident, Ron Paul decried a "police state" in the country that "gropes and grabs our children."

The Metro Airport Authority in Nashville released the security video of Rand Paul, according to The Tennessean newspaper. In that video, the freshman senator does not appear to be "irate," as police said in an incident report.

The elder Paul will participate in the latest GOP presidential debate tonight at 8 p.m. ET in Florida. He's not campaigning much in the Sunshine State because its delegates are awarded winner-take-all.

Paul announced he will campaign tomorrow and Saturday in Maine, where Republicans are being encouraged to caucus Feb. 4-11.