Posted on 06/08/2024 1:03:59 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
If California is the political fundraising powerhouse of the nation, Silicon Valley has grown into one of the increasingly dominant forces of campaign cash. And while Northern California tech entrepreneurs overwhelmingly support Democratic candidates, a small but powerful group of defectors has moved rightward in recent years.
A gathering of tech’s conservative cohort enjoyed a visit from former President Trump on Thursday evening at a tony fundraiser held at venture capitalist David Sacks’ San Francisco home. The estate, nestled on Billionaires’ Row in Pacific Heights, welcomed about 80 elites to the sold-out event. Cost of admission: up to $300,000 per person and $500,000 per couple, according to an invitation obtained by The Times.
“It was a couple hours of high-quality networking in a very beautiful private home,” said Harmeet Dhillon, California’s Republican national committeewoman and a San Francisco-based attorney who acts as an official legal surrogate for the Trump campaign. “The seats were all filled. It was totally packed.”
The gathering raised $12 million, Dhillon added.
Across the country, tech leaders and employees have poured millions into politics. People who work in the communications and electronics sector, which includes technology companies, have given $18.1 million to Biden and groups supporting his campaign, and $1.4 million to Trump and organizations backing his effort this year, according to campaign finance data released May 21 by the Federal Election Commission.
The analysis of the contributions was conducted by Open Secrets, a nonpartisan group that tracks electoral finances. The total donated to candidate committees and outside groups supporting the campaigns amounted to $25.8 million, with 71.7% going to Democrats and 22.1% to Republicans.
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I forgot to add the disclaimer:
The New York Times is not a legitimate news source. Its articles are presented for entertainment purposes only.
Los Angeles Times.
As Puddin Pop would say….this is a BIG, f’ing deal!!
That will leave Biden with Perverts, non-military government employees, graduate students, single women. That’s not enough for him.
Early, late, very late, midnight, cemetery and drop box voting…plus running blue precincts multiple times will save the day for the Rats…💯💯💯
Not significant in my view.
They are just hedging their bets given a likely Trump win.
They probably figure Trump is going to win and want to get on his good side so he doesn’t cut back on their stream on Indians. I’d rather they keep their money if that’s the case, Indians are currently some of the worst immigrants we have to deal with.
No wonder the news outlets are going broke. It now takes four people to write a single article.
The more bylines, the more lies.
That may signal a last ditch, hail-mary, installation of hrc (3 × loser, who had brain surgery btw). Or start wwIII. Or God forbid assassination of Trump.
$12 million bucks is some kind of trickle
They're actually the wealthiest group of immigrants. I know that we're picking their cream of crop. So I'm not sure what you're saying with your statement.
I’d rather American’s becoming wealthy instead of foreign invaders. Plus some things are more important than the economy
A lot of them Indians are tricksters.
Generations change. David Packard willed each of his four children a billion dollars and put the rest into the Packard Foundation. (~6B)Dave served in the Nixon administration. The three girls are hard left. Don’t know about David Woodly.
The girls ran the board and now their children do (Julie’s still there as vice chair) so they control the rest of his estate. Could be the valley’s moving right. Finally.
One alone can’t even create the lies on their own. 🤣
When did Hellary have brain surgery?
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