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"Why this, why now, why you?"

Why did Zucc stamp his name on this now, after putting $450m into Biden's campaign in 2020, and willingly censor in favor of the 2020 Biden campaign (covid + Hunter biden).

You've got to wonder why he seems to be signaling to the Trump campaign that he is taking sides.

My guess is either hoping for kickbacks or to thwart retribution for 2020.



> after putting $450m into Biden's campaign in 2020

This is false; he donated to state and local election offices, not Biden's campaign.[0]

[0]https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-mark-zuckerberg-ele...


The evidence shows that a disproportionate amount of funding went to urban areas in key swing states, which generally lean Democrat. Never saw a single ballot drop box out near a corn field. The money helped fund those sorts of initiatives.


Does it? The article I linked says

> But election officials have said there is no indication of favoritism in how the money was distributed, according to previous AP reports. The board of the Center for Tech and Civic Life also includes Pam Anderson, a Republican and former elected clerk of a suburban Denver-area county. Republican election officials have also vouched for the program’s impartiality, including Brian Mead, a Republican election director in Licking County, Ohio.

But even if it was true that urban election offices received disproportionately more funding (obviously they received more in general since more people live there), that's still not the same as "putting $450m into Biden's campaign", which is what was claimed.


what was the outcome?


95% of campaign contributions in favor of a campaign are not directly to a campaign.

What was the outcome of the $450 million?


> 95% of campaign contributions in favor of a campaign are not directly to a campaign.

Yes, they tend to go to super PACs, not government election offices.

> What was the outcome of the $450 million?

Election offices having more funding to do their jobs.


that's the means, what were the ends




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