AMAC Exclusive
Facebook’s meddling in the last year’s election is widely known–from censoring the Hunter Biden scandal to restricting “political content” on its system to ultimately banning President Trump from the platform. Since nearly 80 percent of Facebook employee and PAC donations went to Democrats, conservatives have ample reason to question the motives behind these controversial decisions.
But even more significant election interference may have come not from the platform itself but from the bank account of its billionaire founder. New data and reports show that Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg poured hundreds of millions of dollars directly into the coffers of local election offices around the country.
The California tech billionaire has been known to fund left-leaning political priorities in the past–having founded a political advocacy group to promote more permissive immigration policies, for example.
But what happened in 2020 may be the most overt and influential politicking the tech mogul has ever conducted, despite his efforts to obscure the nature of the donations. Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, spent nearly $400 million on election activities by funneling it through a non-profit run by a former Obama Foundation Fellow.
The funds were purportedly to help local election officials purchase Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other materials that election offices might need to carry out the vote safely during the COVID pandemic.
Instead, what really happened was less about protective equipment and more about political activism.
The funds, doled out with virtually no oversight by state legislatures, governors, or election boards, were used extensively for get-out-the-vote type activities that are typically done by political parties, not election officials.
While privately donated money given to campaigns and candidates has been and continues to be heavily regulated across the country, this new method of spending on elections was unregulated, unchecked, and completely unprecedented.
These “Zuckerbucks,” as some have called the donations, were not distributed evenly across states or even cities within those states. Instead, they went heavily to counties and cities where getting out the vote would benefit then-candidate Joe Biden.
The money poured into big blue metro areas in battleground states like Philadelphia ($10 million), Atlanta ($20-25 million), Phoenix ($3 million), Milwaukee ($2 million), and Detroit ($3.5 million).
One report shows that 92 percent of the funds in Pennsylvania went to counties that Joe Biden ultimately won.
Shockingly, an election official in Milwaukee resigned, citing concerns about the pressure that came with the money to change election processes.
What was the nature of that pressure? What changes was Zuckerberg pushing? Exactly how much money was given out? How much was spent? How much still remains unspent? And what exactly was it spent on?
These questions remain unanswered and must be investigated by state legislatures and Congressional Republicans.
Unlike the transparency and reporting required by law with other campaign contributions, there were no such rules for Zuckerbucks.
In one notable exception, the Louisiana legislature passed a bill in the fall of 2020 banning this type of gift from being given to election officials. Although it was vetoed, no Zuckerberg funds were given to Louisiana thanks to the concerted efforts of other statewide elected officials.
Now, many other states around the country have taken notice of this loophole, and Republicans in their state legislatures are taking action to make sure such massive private expenditures on public elections never happen again.
As reported earlier this week, Arizona recently passed a bill, just signed into law by Republican Governor Doug Ducey, that would prevent private money from going directly to election officials. Georgia passed a similar law, and related legislation is being considered in Florida, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, and several other states.
While many Democrats decry millionaires and billionaires throwing around their money to influence elections, few objected when the fourth richest man in the U.S. spent an unprecedented sum on last year’s election. This should tell us everything we need to know about the true purpose of Democrat calls for “campaign finance reform.” Their purpose is not to “get money out of politics”–it’s to defund their political opponents while raking in as much money as possible for their own agenda.
Let’s get something straight. The McConnell,Romney and others in the Republican party are crooked weak politicians . Trump was disliked and these idiots left are as bad as Zuckerberg, Biden and the left. We need more like Trump, De Santos, Rand Paul. They all need to start screaming about an open investigation not committee or hearing. Our those nastards out front like hanging in the west! Mark traitors and sentence.
That’s part of the problem; all the Republicans do is talk. Every Republican legislator I’ve engaged about the obvious evidence associated with the blatant election fraud simply cite self-exonerating garbage right out of the progressive media play book, refusing to acknowledge the role of Antifa and BLM in the so-called “assault” on the capital the day the election was “certified”. Every last one of them is complicit in what amounts to a hostile takeover of the 2020 federal election, including the newly minted “conservative” nominees to the Supreme Court and Trump’s long touted conservative nominees to the District courts. None of them would even hear the evidence, which was voluminous and continues to grow daily. These people all believe the American people have turned into a bunch of gutless, apathetic sheep more concerned with out own short term comfort than the fundamentally evil behaviors they display as they destroy the greatest nation in the history of mankind. My question to everyone here in; are they right?
“Anyone who would exchange sacred liberty for safety deserves neither.”
Benjamin Franklin
Why do u think suckerberg did this! The replubicans talked about breaking up his monopoly. He couldn’t afford that do he did a desert storm on them successfully defeating them
Mark $#%&+$#! SUCKERberg should be severely punished for buying an election. Without crooks like him we , maybe, could have honest elections. It’s a shame that this was possible. Third world countries have more honest elections than America. What a shame!
We need to ban ALL corporate donations to ALL political parties.
It’s always about money and power with democrats, communists and socialists.
To defeat all of them its boycott to stop the $$$, and to eliminate a propaganda media source from their uninformed followers .
We the People need to end taxpayers dollars going to anti American preaching colleges where these traitors poison children’s minds.
Evil,immoral democrat politicians must ALL be voted out of office and Citizens need to research and background check who they put in office.
Many,many useless politicians control the same districts for years with no accountability.
You can start checking their records with anyone in office for 20 plus years, you’ll be amazed at the items they’ve supported!
nothing worse then a slimebag making money off of other people and throwin em under the bus.
The election official who resigned was from Green Bay, WI, not Milwaukee, unless there was another resignation in Milwaukee I didn’t know about.
Opened news app, made comments on different sites and comments vanished as soon as I hit the button to post my comment. zuckerburg and his hi-tech cohorts are still illegally censuring free speach.
I see the word tried” well obiden is in office, sure as there’s a Heaven and hell it looks like it worked!
Zuckerberg is off his rocker and hateful Elitist.
This sounds like the Biden crime family. But His Excellency Joey Biden and family does not need this dark campaign money but I’m sure his crime family got their fare share.
The Green Bay clerk resigned, not Milwaukee. There are election issues being uncovered in Racine as well. Madison had ballot harvesting in parks on two October weekends which also skirted Wisconsin election laws. This story is not over!!!
Zuckerberg and Moskovitz: two commie Jews that hate Israel. Officers in that commie devil Obama’s SS. Salivating to carry out the hatred of their Fuhrer.
If you had the chance to see the movie “SOCIAL NETWORK”, you will see how Mark Zuckerberg scammed his buddies and fellow startup colleagues. He was and continues to be a slime ball.
Boycott Facebook and any other company supporting this anti American democrat communism.
This is what needs to be STOPPED! There should be a cap on how much ANYONE, individual or corporation, can contribute to an election. There is a lot of money WASTED that could be used to benefit the homeless, the poor, put the money back into Social Security that was stolen by Congress, etc. What a travesty!
Time for anti trust laws to break up this ridiculous propaganda media!
This joker zuckerburg needs jail time.
What SCUM he represents to illegally influence American Citizens voting.
The most disgusting thing about this buying -votes scheme by our billionaire big tech companies is that it is LEGAL!!!!! The entire stealing the election by many unsavory acts from the DC Communists and what they are now doing to our country has me so angry and sad! I am emailing my reps in DC but they are both Democrats now because the election was stolen in AZ as in other states. Am feeling very hopeless about our future. Looks as if we will become another Communist China since China owns all of our big corporations, 90% of the media, entertainment outlets and our schools from Kindergarten through our universities.
I can’t even look at this sneaky little creep. He’s so out of touch with the hard working American people. Is he human?
It was much bigger than just Mark Zuckerberg. The mainstream media and talking head entertainment shows were working hard to sway public opinion against Trump as well. BUT, the real steal took place on November 3rd when the mail-in ballots were “processed” and the voting machine tallies were manipulated. Red China was a big player in the steal.
Watch “Absolute Interference” being aired on One America News Network this coming Saturday and Sunday at 5 AM, 8AM and 7PM Eastern time both days.
He is one homely looking snot! Money might buy many things, just not integrity and loyalty to one’s own country..kick all of those traitors to the curb!!
Liberal PUKE!!!! Why isn’t the worthless bite-ME administration investigating this POS????
How he tried to buy????? WTF….if it hadn’t been for him and many many others like him, Trump would have never even had worry about being re-elected. WE all know who won that election, and sure as hell wasn’t SNIFFY!!!!!!!!!
Why is Mark Zukerberg bot in Jail and Face book confiscated for Government use to fix the problems commie boy caused It called treason.
PATRIOTS WILL GET HIM WHEN THE NEXT CIVIL WAR STARTS SOON!!!
ARREST,TRY AND EXECUTE ZUCK FOR TREASON!
We all know what a slimebag Zuckerberg is, why is there any doubt he would use anything available to get what he wants.
Until this “man” and the subhuman trash like him are brought to justice as the treasonous garbage they are, this will only worsen and likely end in a horrible social catastrophy. This small, exclusive class of ultra wealthy multinational oligarchs are bent on the subjugation of mankind and the enslavement of all. They would rather see civilized society world-wide reduced to ashes than allow a representative government perform it’s appropriate duties in behalf of the common man’s God given right to self determination and control over our cultural, economic and sociopolitical destinies.
Does anyone have any doubt what we are confronted with here? McCarthy was correct in EVERYTHING he said and was driven out of office in a tidal wave of slander for having shed the light of day on the tactics and true ambitions of the Marxists. Mark Zuckerberg is one of a handful of wealthy, powerful people who are evil imps of Satan and will, one way or the other, pay the price either in this life or the next. So be it; Amen.
History repeats itself, for it is the doom of mankind that we forget in the name of “healing” and “progress”. What garbage….
No matter how many votes President Trump received, he was to lose. There was no way the left would allow that. ForEVER they were trying to remove him from office using every underhanded, unethical, illegal way and so much more. The money surely was used to cheat/rig and do whatever necessary. No way Biden got more votes than Obama and Harris couldn’t even make it to the primary. She sure didn’t carry them.
Our last “free” election was 2020. We are SPRINTING into Socialism.
It’s up to the states to finance the election. Keep all private money OUT! Obey the Constitution for a change!
Big Tech is For Profit companies: Remove profits they Fail.
IE
Boycott
alternatives
Burn products?
Sell stock
Active investors in meetings , online, etc
& Revoke Section 230
Can’t find a “share” button!
Why isn’t there charges being brought against him? No one should be interfering with any election!
What do you mean “Tried” to influence the 2020 elections. I think he succeeded . After all, the election was in fact stolen from Trump (and all of us who voted for him ) .
Suck-a-nose-burger, will destroy America, he is part of the Axis of Evil, along with the Demonrats, CCP, the Middle East, and South America, they are causing the death of America by a Thousand Cuts.
It’s so wrong for someone that rich to attempt to influence elections. That’s precisely what he was doing. If it were up to me the fine would be equal to the amount of his assets. Another words, he would have walked away from a trial with only the shirt on his back. I’ve canceled my Facebook account since I don’t like anyone telling me what I can say about anything. We have a Constitutional amendment that guarantees free speech, unless you’re a Democrat it appear.
Too bad NOTHING was done about this thanks to the corrupt judges and the not supreme court.
I’m sure it will be repeated during any future elections. America is doomed.
Talk about Russian interference
Zuckerberg and his brethren
Operate like typical czar like monarch Russian oligarchs.
Maybe their money can’t buy happiness
But they can certainly dish up the likes of Stacey Abrams
Why does AMAC still ask the readers to share on Facebook and Twitter? Why not MeWE, Parler or Rumble? I’ve deleted my Facebook account months ago, and have never Tweeted. Our country is fast coming to a breaking point that is being fueled by social media and MSM. Conservatives have to band together and hurt these companies where it hurts, by not participating in giving them the platform they use to hurt us.. We need to also not do business with with Coke a Cola, Target, Koles, Bed Bath & Beyond, Kroger, Delta Airlines, Major League Baseball, the NBA, NFL and any other business that thinks it is ok to cancel conservatives. We can fight this war, and win if all the 3 million AMAC members, along with the other 70+ million Trump voters get on the same page and use our money and resources to not support these companies before it gets really ugly!.
Education, as it is taught in today’s academia, will NOT combat the left. The more “education” one has, the farther left that person leans. Students are now being “woke” in schools.
Education is the key to successfully combating leftism.
What has gone by the way side is “do the crime do the TIME” its not happening!
Stop using facebook. Simple.
Money does not put you above the law, either man’s or Gods. I refuse to use Facebook. There should be a boycott of Facebook, as well as others. I pray for these people each day that they will find the grace of God for their lives. How many hungry children could have been fed with the money spent to buy the election?
I think he SUCCEEDED in buying the election. He didn’t try; he got away Scott free with the crime
President Trump WAS “CHEATED” out of HIS RE-ELECTION… But most importantly, We the People WERE CHEATED by THESE COMMUNIST DEMOCRATS! …. Our votes were stolen and now We may never again have a winning candidate! … Think not? … just watch! … Revolution anytime soon?
No question he bought the election to feather his own pocketbook with the Chinese. Some states are pasing laws the prohibit local clerks from accepting outside funding. A good move.
Here is my theory: Since Facebook was blamed for the defeat of Hillary Clinton, Zuckerberg must have feared being blamed for another loss. To avoid this failure, he over compensated. He may have no idea what Marxism will cause, but he knew he would not have to face angry democrats. He has too much money and too much freedom to spend it.