Mark Zuckerberg's Political Status: It's Complicated
Mark Zuckerberg's Political Status: It's Complicated
ABC NewsBy MICHAEL FALCONE | ABC News
Less than three weeks after Mark Zuckerberg officially launched his pro-immigration reform group, the billionaire technology mogul seems to be experiencing the Facebook equivalent of a liberal de-friending.
Progressive activists have been voicing their disapproval after two Zuckerberg-backed groups unveiled television ads last week that praise lawmakers for opposing Obamacare and supporting an expansion of the Keystone oil pipeline and drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The ads are meant to provide political cover for senators to cast politically risky votes in favor of immigration reform.
One of the ads, airing on behalf of Sen. Lindsey Graham, a member of the Senate's bi-partisan "Gang of Eight," features clips of the South Carolina Republican repeatedly disparaging President Obama. Another ad touts Alaska Democratic Sen. Mark Begich's work to open ANWR to drilling.
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In addition to Graham and Begich, an off-shoot of Zuckerberg's group, FWD.us, is financing a television commercial supporting Florida Sen. Marco Rubio -- the only one of the three ads that specifically mentions immigration reform.
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