Facebook founder and META CEO Mark Zuckerberg has admitted that former president Donald Trump‘s response to his assassination attempt at his Pennsylvania rally on Saturdays was one of the most “badass” things he had ever seen.
Keep in mind that these remarks are coming from someone who has long been associated with liberal and Democratic Party causes.
“Seeing Donald Trump get up after getting shot in the face and pump his fist in the air with the American flag is one of the most badass things I’ve ever seen in my life,” Zuckerberg told Bloomberg.
“On some level as an American, it’s like hard to not get kind of emotional about that spirit and that fight, and I think that that’s why a lot of people like the guy,” he continued.
The big tech billionaire, who has overseen massive censorship campaigns against conservative voices across his various platforms, said Facebook would be less political moving forward.
“The main thing that I hear from people is that they actually want to see less political content on our services because they come to our services to connect with people,” he said.
“I think you’re going to see our services play less of a role in this election than they have in the past.”
Zuckerberg has not endorsed any candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
However, he is expected to vote for Joe Biden‘s eventual replacement, which will most likely be Kamala Harris.
Trump is not a fan of Zuckerberg or META.
Earlier this year, the former president suggested that banning TikTok from the U.S. would only benefit Zuckerberg and his company, describing them as an “enemy of the people.”
“If you get rid of TikTok, Facebook and Zuckerschmuck will double their business,” Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time.
“I don’t want Facebook, who cheated in the last Election, doing better. They are a true Enemy of the People!”
As we reported in March, a study revealed Facebook has interfered with U.S. elections almost 40 times since 2008, according to the Media Research Center.
The group found that Facebook censored 2024 presidential candidates, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and 2022 Senate and House candidates on their platform.
According to the MRC’s analysis, the social media company also removed Virginia gubernatorial candidate Amanda Chase’s account and “shuttered political advertising one week before the election” in 2020.
MRC also said there were at least three instances when Facebook leadership publicly voiced support for free online speech but took a different path afterward.
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