David Plouffe, who ran President Barack Obama's 2008 campaign and advised Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's controversial “Zuckerbucks” effort in 2020, is now advising Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign.
a Report In early August, it was reported that Harris had brought several veteran Obama administration officials, including Plouffe, onto her team, and many observers noted that her messaging has improved markedly since then, including her emphasis on “joy” as a way to explain her odd laugh and making it a central focus of the party at last week's Democratic National Convention.
Plouffe advised Zuckerberg's nonprofit, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, when it donated $350 million to the “Secure Elections” project. Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) and others $69.5 million To Election Innovation Research CenterThe amount is comparable to the total the federal government has spent to make elections more secure during the coronavirus pandemic.The analysis found that the funds were concentrated in Democratic counties in battleground states.
Zuckerberg had been under pressure to cooperate with the effort after Democrats accused Facebook of allowing Russian trolls to spread misinformation and memes on the site and held him responsible for Donald Trump's victory in 2016.
In a letter this week, Zuckerberg said that “Zuckerbucks”
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— House Judiciary Committee Republicans (@JudiciaryGOP) August 27, 2024
Zuckerberg reiterated his 2022 promise not to repeat the donation in the 2024 election, given the negative public reactions.
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