Posted on 12/02/2015 10:15:34 AM PST by Citizen Zed
The Mark Zuckerberg-backed group that spent tens of millions on a failed bid for immigration reform is reigniting its efforts for the 2016 election.
Fwd.us is launching a multi-pronged campaign that could spend as much as $10 million over the next year on digital and TV ads, research and polling, according to plans first shared with POLITICO. The initiative includes an expansion of its ground operation into 12 states, focusing on presidential battlegrounds and targeted House seats held by Republicans.
The push comes as GOP front-runner Donald Trump has campaigned on mass deportations and building a wall across the U.S.-Mexico border. After the terrorist attacks in Paris, Trump called the Obama administration's plan to allow Syrian refugees in the country "insane." GOP 2016 hopefuls like Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Ben Carson have followed suit.
Fwd.us is looking to counter the anti-immigration reform rhetoric in the GOP primary and lay the groundwork for an overhaul of the country's immigration laws in early 2017 once the next president takes office. Formed in 2013 by tech giants including Facebook's Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman and Eric Schmidt, among others, the group accounted for 75 percent of all paid media spent in 2013 and 2014 to support immigration reform and had field operations in 29 states and 149 target House districts at the peak of the debate.
"It's a good time to inform people of the stakes," said Rob Jesmer, a veteran Republican political operative and campaign manager at Fwd.us. "There is a lot of focus on one candidate, frankly," he added of Trump, "(but) there are several who are out of the mainstream. ... From a policy situation if we nominate any of those people we are going to lose. No two ways about it."
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It is truly amazing what air time the man gets without spending a dime.
This dil-hole has a history of wasting his money.
For example, In 2010 Zuckerberg gave a hundred million dollars to the corrupt and inept Newark school system. The result?
Watching the $200 million iceberg (Mr. Zuckerberg’s $100 million donation was contingent on raising a matching amount) slowly melt into an ocean of recrimination over the course of 256 brisk pages can be a sometimes painful exercise. The union boss, Joe Del Grosso, demanded a ransom of $31 million to compensate for what he felt members should have received in previous years — before agreeing to discuss any labor reforms. The superintendent, Cami Anderson, demanded accountability from schools but set her own performance goals only after the academic year was largely over and relied on expensive consultants — whose total bill ultimately exceeded $20 million — without clear objectives long after she had promised to recruit a permanent leadership team.
[[could spend as much as $10 million over the next year on digital and TV ads,]]
So in other words the gazzilionair isn’t really serious about it- sounds m ore like a tax write-off to me... oh yeah, He left the country so he wouldn’t have to pay taxes
I guess Zuck doesn’t really care since $10 million is nothing. He probably has that much in his wallet.
I’m trying to think of one thing I don’t hate about Zuckerberg........but I can’t.
And that is just the start.
Yesterday Zuckerberg said he would give away $44 Billion to his favorite causes.
Zuckerberg is the archetypical elitist. Pretend compassion while wallowing in opulence.
Screw him.
And there, ladies and gentlemen, is America's enemy within. Traitors without excuse, or legitimacy. Actively working to destroy the United States while perpetually hidden behind swarms of goons.
Impossible to reason with, impossible to stop. Impossible even to approach.
But then...there are all those "field offices"....
I don’t even like his website- and will never use it- He’s a truly despicable person and FB is now an apparently pro Palestine, pro islam, anti-Christian site (Twitter is too from what I understand)
On CNN they feature him with his newborn. Big news in the leftist world.
[[Yesterday Zuckerberg said he would give away $44 Billion to his favorite causes.]]
Islamic?
He wife having a baby? He’s being “punished” for something.
/Obama
Worth 40 billion at age 31, and he is flooding his company with ill gotten H-1B visas. I hope I never run into this prick.
If Zuckerburg and Gates attack the Republican Presidential candidate for opposing amnesty, they will play a large role in electing that person.
If Zuckerburg and Gates promote the Democratic candidate for endorsing amnesty, they will guarantee the defeat of that person.
Go at it, morons.
Zuck Sucks
I have to agree with you on this.
The Cheap Labor Express is desperate to keep us from electing anyone who would stop them importing the workers for the jobs that can’t be exported.
Yes, the Facebook punk bass turd is kicking off his Immigration pimping all across the USA.
Here’s one of his propoganda events in LA.
I hope NumbersUSA and FAIR are on this!
LA Startup Community
Immigration + 2016 Presidential Elections: What’s on the Horizon for Reform?
Wed Dec 2, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
General Assembly DTLA
1933 S. Broadway, 11th Floor, Los Angeles, 90007, CA
Join FWD.us and Net Impact LA for an evening focused on immigration in the United States and its role in the current Presidential election. We will be joined by a panel of immigration academics, advocates, and lawyers who will share stories of their immigration background and work.
FWD.us is mobilizing the tech community in support of policies that keep
the American Dream achievable in the 21st century, starting with comprehensive immigration reform.
We’re founded by world-class technologists, including:
Aditya Agarwal
Mark Zuckerberg
Cheap labor express bump for later....
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