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Mark Zuckerberg’s election-season gift to Republicans
CNN ^ | Tue August 27, 2024 | Jon Passantino

Posted on 08/27/2024 5:39:10 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

Mark Zuckerberg is handing Republicans political victories ahead of the 2024 presidential election, acquiescing to years of GOP grievances over his company’s policies.

In recent days, the Meta chief executive has made newsworthy public statements implicitly supporting right-wing “censorship” narratives and offered praise for Donald Trump as “badass” – even as he claimed he wanted to appear “neutral” and nonpartisan.

On Monday, Zuckerberg sent a letter to the powerful House Judiciary Committee, stating that the Biden administration had “pressured” Meta to “censor” content during the pandemic.

“In 2021, senior officials from the Biden Administration, including the White House, repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor certain COVID-19 content, including humor and satire, and expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we didn’t agree,” Zuckerberg said.

The Meta chief added that the pressure he felt was “wrong” and he came to “regret” that his company, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, was not more outspoken.

The letter was immediately weaponized by Trump, who used it to once again promote the lie that the 2020 election was stolen.

“Zuckerberg admits that the White House pushed to SUPPRESS HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP STORY (& much more!) IN OTHER WORDS, THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS RIGGED,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform on Tuesday morning, after Zuckerberg’s letter became public.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2021; 202408; censorship; dissent; facebook; meta; socialmedia; zuckerberg
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1 posted on 08/27/2024 5:39:10 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

If he admits under oath that the Biden campaign pressured him into suppressing information that would have directly had an effect on the 2020 election that’s kinda not a gift that’s Mark not wanting to commit perjury.
I have to admit though I think he would endorse Trump if he could


2 posted on 08/27/2024 5:41:46 PM PDT by Lod881019
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Narrative”


3 posted on 08/27/2024 5:41:50 PM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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The idiots can't see it any other way.

I doubt they understand that if the Democrats get their way, they won't need the MSM any more. They won't have power to sell unless there is a threat of losing it.

4 posted on 08/27/2024 5:42:03 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Gift? Don’t expect anyone to do anything with it.


5 posted on 08/27/2024 5:42:19 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: MinorityRepublican

They are trying to hide having been complicit in many Big Big LIES!


6 posted on 08/27/2024 5:43:57 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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To: subterfuge

I thought Zucker HIRED a bunch of CIA folks? Was he forced to hire them?


7 posted on 08/27/2024 5:44:52 PM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: Lod881019
If he admits under oath that the Biden campaign pressured him into suppressing information that would have directly had an effect on the 2020 election that’s kinda not a gift that’s Mark not wanting to commit perjury.

If he's a Patriot, he needs to be charged for perjury.

After hes tried for his crimes and if he shows remorse, then it's up to Trump to pardon him.

8 posted on 08/27/2024 5:45:38 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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fakebook...


9 posted on 08/27/2024 5:46:42 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: MinorityRepublican

This is big time election interference. Also the FBI telling Zuck that the Hunter laptop was Russian disinformation so when it finally breaks in the NY Post he probably thought ‘it must be correct!’


10 posted on 08/27/2024 5:49:37 PM PDT by Lake Living
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To: MinorityRepublican

He gave Trump a gift by speaking the truth?


11 posted on 08/27/2024 5:50:37 PM PDT by mbrfl
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“... [Zuckerberg] acquiescing to years of GOP grievances over his company’s policies.”

Is that like admitting the GOP was right?


12 posted on 08/27/2024 5:52:37 PM PDT by mbrfl
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It looks that way.


13 posted on 08/27/2024 6:04:08 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Mark Z. can confess to anything under the sun, after the fact. Everybody knows he is unlikely to suffer any consequence for it. Republicans such as Jim Jordan may even decide to open an “investigation” about it. I doubt it Mark would lose any sleep over it. I would love to be wrong about that.


14 posted on 08/27/2024 6:05:56 PM PDT by lee martell
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I just can’t believe how insane the mockingbird media is. Completely one-sided propaganda. Thanks to barry for allowing the cia to transmit propaganda to the american people. A non-NBC muslim communist usurper that destroyed america.


15 posted on 08/27/2024 6:06:37 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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Mark Z. can confess to anything under the sun, after the fact. Everybody knows he is unlikely to suffer any consequence for it. Republicans such as Jim Jordan may even decide to open an “investigation” about it. I doubt it Mark would lose any sleep over it. I would love to be wrong about that.

Then why would he confess now? He could wait until the election is over

16 posted on 08/27/2024 6:08:13 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

He probably found out somebody else was just about to break the news.


17 posted on 08/27/2024 6:10:58 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: MinorityRepublican

“acquiescing”?

Hey asshole. How about finally CONFESSING what the Democrats were directing him to do?

It’s called FASCISM!


18 posted on 08/27/2024 6:15:10 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Kamala Harris loves to give wet Willys)
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To: MinorityRepublican

This is a man who partnered with Obama. He’s no conservative.

I suspect he’s trying to avoid some sort of legal issues.


19 posted on 08/27/2024 6:22:21 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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I despise the media with every cell and atom in my body, yet still don’t despise as much as I should. Instead of being upset that the Harris/Biden admin violated the 1st Amendment, they’reupset that it might benefit the Republicans.


20 posted on 08/27/2024 6:38:35 PM PDT by sunny bonobo
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