Exclusive: Elon Musk quits Zuckerberg's immigration advocacy group

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1. Elon Musk and David Sacks Depart Fwd.us, Mark Zuckerberg’s Political Action Group

http://allthingsd.com/20130510/elon-musk-and-david-sacks-depart-fwd-us-mark-zuckerbergs-political-action-group/?mod=atd_homepage_carousel

Elon Musk and David Sacks Depart Fwd.us, Mark Zuckerberg’s Political Action Group
MAY 10, 2013 AT 3:53 PM PT
Mike Isaac

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Musk made it clear that his departure was related to the PAC’s support of certain politicians whose positions on immigration reform and education jibed with the group’s aims, but whose record on environmental issues had come under fire.

“I agreed to support Fwd.us because there is a genuine need to reform immigration. However, this should not be done at the expense of other important causes,” Musk said in a statement to AllThingsD. “I have spent a lot of time fighting far larger lobbying organizations in D.C. and believe that the right way to win on a cause is to argue the merits of that cause. This statement may surprise some people, but my experience is that most (not all) politicians and their staffs want to do the right thing and eventually do.”

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Sacks founded enterprise social network Yammer (sold to Microsoft in 2012) and was the creator financier and producer of “Thank You For Smoking,” a 2005 film that satirizes the life of a tobacco company spokesman “who spins on behalf of cigarettes while trying to remain a role model for his 12-year-old son,” according to the film’s IMDB description.

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