Mark Zuckerburg Admits Elizabeth Warren Presidency Would “Suck” in Leaked Audio Tapes

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By Danielle Shojai

In a leaked audio file published by The Verge, Facebook’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said that an Elizabeth Warren presidency would “suck” for the company. 

“If she gets elected president, then I would bet that we will have a legal challenge, and I would bet that we will win the legal challenge. And does that still suck for us? Yeah,” Zuckerberg said in a Facebook employee meeting last summer. “But look, at the end of the day, if someone’s going to try to threaten something that existential, you go to the mat and you fight.” 

Zuckerberg responded to the comments released by The Verge in a Facebook post, saying, “even though it was meant to be internal rather than public, now that it’s out there, you can check it out if you’re interested in seeing an unfiltered version of what I’m thinking and telling employees on a bunch of topics.” 

Warren retaliated to the statement in a tweet, saying, “What would really ‘suck’ is if we don’t fix a corrupt system that lets giant companies like Facebook engage in illegal anticompetitive practices, stomp on consumer privacy rights, and repeatedly fumble their responsibility to protect our democracy,” 

Warren’s presidential legislation plan to increase tech competition, which includes creating designation “platform utilities” and limiting tech mergers, could cause major legal trouble for companies like Amazon and Facebook.