An election cycle ago, Silicon Valley Republicans had to go into witness protection to support Trump. Now, post-cancel culture and post-‘All-In,’ an influential cohort of billionaires and quasi-billionaires are getting ready to write checks for 45.
In Silicon Valley, the historical epicenter of misfit entrepreneurs just trying to make the world a better place, it has never been more socially acceptable to support Donald Trump. So I suppose I shouldn’t have been particularly surprised when I caught wind from three sources that investor David Sacks, co-host of the wildly popular All-In podcast, has been talking to friends about hosting a fundraiser for the Republican nominee in San Francisco.