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Wait, I'm confused — I don't see anything about Republican lobbyists in her post. She writes about the Republican PR firm Definers, but nothing about Joel Kapla
by jakelazaroff 8y ago
Wait, I'm confused — I don't see anything about Republican lobbyists in her post. She writes about the Republican PR firm Definers, but nothing about Joel Kaplan, et al. From the NYT article [1]:
> Ms. Sandberg installed another friend, a well-connected Republican: Joel Kaplan, who had attended Harvard with Ms. Sandberg and later served in the George W. Bush administration.
> Mr. Kaplan prevailed on Ms. Sandberg to promote Kevin Martin, a former Federal Communications Commission chairman and fellow Bush administration veteran, to lead the company’s American lobbying efforts.
She also doesn't address the allegation that she limited the Russia investigation so as not to appear to sympathize with Democrats:
> If Facebook implicated Russia further, Mr. Kaplan said, Republicans would accuse the company of siding with Democrats. [...] Ms. Sandberg sided with Mr. Kaplan, recalled four people involved.
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-russia-election-racism.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/technology/facebook-data-...