Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his attempt to recommend a potential job candidate to Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign 'shouldn't be taken as an endorsement'
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Monday that his attempt to recommend a potential job candidate to Pete Buttigieg's presidential campaign "shouldn't be taken as an endorsement."
Speaking to reporters, Zuckerberg acknowledged that he had contacted the South Bend, Indiana, mayor's Democratic presidential campaign earlier this year after"a number of colleagues" had asked him or his wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan, to pass along their résumés. "And so I did that," Zuckerberg said."I think that this probably should not be misconstrued as if I'm, like, so deeply involved in trying to support their campaign or something like that.
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