Mark Zuckerberg Left REELING As Crowd Chant ‘Lock Him Up’ over Election Interference

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Crowd chants 'lock him up' at Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was left reeling after thousands of Americans chanted “lock him up” at a recent Donald Trump rally in Georgia.

Reacting to reports that Facebook had pumped a whopping $45 million to rig American elections, Trump declared that Zuckerberg should be investigated for altering U.S. elections on behalf of the Democrats.

“Georgia officials also took $45 million dollars from Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to fund election-related activities,” Trump told the the crowd

The crowd responded in unison with loud boos and chants of “Lock him up!”

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Washingtonexaminer.com reports: Republicans say the funds Zuckerberg donated to the center unfairly helped Democrats during the 2020 election.

“It appears that 92% of CTCL grants were given to overwhelmingly Democrat-leaning precincts,” a group of House Republicans said in a letter in June.

“An elections supervisor in Lowndes County, Georgia, stated that CTCL was ‘very lenient regarding what we could spend the money on. They put virtually no restrictions on it as long as it relates to the election,’” the letter read.

In an attempt to stop wealthy donors, House Republicans introduced a bill in July that would prohibit non-profit organizations from providing direct funding to election organizations, such as Zuckerberg, from influencing elections.

The End Zuckerbucks Act would amend the Internal Revenue Code to prohibit 501(c)(3) non-profits, which are tax-exempt organizations, from providing direct funding to state and local election officials, or they risk losing their tax-exempt status. The bill has not gained traction in Congress yet.

After the letter from the House Republicans was released, Zuckerberg said he did not play a role in determining which areas received funds from the donation. He also said the Center for Tech and Civic Life is an IRS-approved 501(c)(3) organization, meaning it is prohibited from engaging in partisan activities.

The center used Zuckerberg’s donation to distribute funds and resources to 49 states in 2,500 election jurisdictions around the country, both Democratic- and Republican-leaning.

Facebook allies say the funding provided by Zuckerberg was needed to ensure the elections ran smoothly, arguing there is no evidence of foul play to help Democrats.

“Election officials around the country are woefully underfunded, and CTCL put in a lot of safeguards on how the money was to be spent, primarily to make the elections safer, so there was no political motivation around it,” said Katie Harbath, a former Facebook public policy director.

“Trump is selectively picking data points to fit a narrative he wants out there. If Trump and Republicans funded elections in the manner needed, we wouldn’t need private funding like this in the first place,” she added.

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    • And that pasty face PUNK Suckerburg. Facebook needs to be broken up by the government and he should spend a few years in prison.

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