As Hurricane Sandy turned New Jersey Governor Chris Christie into everybody's favorite heroic schlub — his donut-chomping shtick on Letterman was particularly odd — many forgot about his pockmarked leadership skills when it comes to women and LGBT rights. But not everyone. A smattering of protesters showed up to Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg's house on Wednesday night during a Gov. Christie re-elction fundraiser.
As the guests arrived, including former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, protestors chanted, "One, two, three, four, this is not the Jersey Shore. Five, six, seven, eight, Zuck send Christie to his state."
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The governor, 50, is seeking re-election this year and has been raising funds in California since Feb. 11. Christie has said Zuckerberg’s gathering showed that support for his policies extends to people who generally aren’t connected to Republican politics. About 40 protesters greeted party-goers."When we heard that Mark Zuckerberg was going to be inviting his wealthy Silicon Valley friends to raise money for Chris Christie, we thought they needed to see a bunch of us out here,” said Becky Bond, one of about 40 men and women gathered on the street outside the home, many carrying blue signs reading, Zuck + Chris, hands off Planned Parenthood."
Bond, political director of CREDO Action, an activist network affiliated with mobile phone provider CREDO Mobile, said her group was "delivering the message that to give money to Chris Christie, even at Mark Zuckerberg’s house, is funding the war on women."
CREDO recently launched a petition calling on Mark Zuckerberg to, "Unfriend the anti-woman Republican Governor Chris Christie and match the money raised at your Palo Alto fundraiser dollar-for-dollar with a contribution for Planned Parenthood." You can view the CREDO's petition here.
Before the country wanted to pinch his cheeks, Gov. Christie, the first Republican New Jersey governor since 1997, "blocked Democrats' efforts to raise taxes on millionaires, add funding for schools and women's health, and allow gay marriage." For his part, Zuckerberg appears to be bipartisan when it comes to politics. In addition to being listed as "no preference" on voter rolls in Santa Clara County, he along with other tech luminaries was part of a dinner hosted by President Barack Obama back in 2011.
The iconic brogrammer and the political powerhouse became close after Zuck donated $100 million to Newark, NJ schools in 2010.