(Yahoo) Former President Donald Trump strongly implied that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg would be voting for him in the 2024 election.
In an interview with New York Magazine published Monday, Trump said that Zuckerberg made the remarks in a phone call after a gunman tried to assassinate Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July.
“Mark Zuckerberg called up and said, ‘I’ve never supported a Republican before, but there’s no way I can vote for a Democrat in this election,'” Trump told the outlet.
“He’s a guy that, his parents, everybody was always Democrat. He said, ‘I will never vote for the people running against you after watching what you did,'” Trump continued. “So I mean, people really appreciated it.”
A Meta spokesperson said that wasn’t true — and that Zuckerberg won’t be endorsing Trump or his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, this year.
“As Mark has said publicly, he’s not endorsing anybody in this race and has not communicated to anybody how he intends to vote,” the spokesperson told the outlet.
However, Zuckerberg has offered some praise for Trump’s reaction to the assassination attempt, calling it “badass” in a July interview.
