Martin Shkreli's Twitter account gives nod to Jeb Bush
Former Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli appeared to weigh in Friday on the Republican primary race, declaring himself an "avid supporter" of ex-Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Twitter:
On Saturday, however, he said he wasn't behind the tweet to his verified account:
The posts came shortly after Shkreli, the much-reviled drug company executive under fire for his 5,000 percent price hike of the life-saving prescription drug Daraprim, refused to testify before a congressional committee earlier this week.
For Shkreli -- a former hedge fund manager who has even drawn rebukes from lawmakers on Capitol Hill over his cavalier attitude -- the tweet may as well have been a joke. Soon after the Bush post, Shkreli's account retweeted this short, mocking video of the former governor at a town hall meeting:
And according to OpenSecrets.org, Shkreli has never actually put his money where his tweet is.
Shkreli has never donated to Bush's presidential campaign: Instead, records show that in 2015 the embattled executive actually gave the legal maximum -- $2,700 -- to the campaign of Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders.
During the primary season, the Vermont senator has espoused aggressive plans to lower prescription drug costs.
CBS News' Alan He contributed to this report.