‘End Zuckerbucks’: GOP bill aims to ban Mark Zuckerberg-style election funding

“It puts private donors in charge of dictating to government agencies what should and should not be done. We cannot allow organizations like this to flout the law or continue their partisan, private funding of our elections.”

A Republican congresswoman’s new bill would ban nonprofits from donating to election organizations – after accusations Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg used big bucks to pedal political influence in 2020.

Republican New York Rep. Claudia Tenney will introduce the “End Zuckerbucks Act” on Wednesday, which would change Internal Revenue Code to block 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations from directly funding official organizations, she told Fox News Digital.

“This kind of influence operation by a third party in America’s elections undermines public confidence in the democratic process,” Tenney said.

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