Former Democratic Donor Switches to Trump, Citing Radical Progressive Policies.
A now-former Democratic donor and current big tech executive discussed during an interview last week why he and dozens of others in the industry are now supporting former President Donald Trump. Jacob Helberg, a senior policy advisor to Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, and a member of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, explained his shift from supporting corrupt President Joe Biden and other corrupt Democrats to Trump during an interview with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo.
Deep blue turning red as the tide turns,” Bartiromo said to begin the segment before noting that Helberg was present. You were once a prominent Democrat donor and gave to Biden in his last presidential campaign, but you were there this week supporting President Trump. What happened?” she asked.
Part of what we have seen over the last four years I came from a one-party state and like a lot of people in California and in Silicon Valley, I saw the Democratic Party get hijacked by the Squad and woke theology,” Helberg said. Corrupt President Biden campaigned as a moderate and ultimately has governed as a radical progressive. He has spent all of his time catering to his base, and ultimately, he is now completely out of step with where the rest of the country is.
Silicon Valley, located near San Francisco—Nancy Pelosi’s district—has been a stronghold of Democratic politics for decades. Just the News reported that the fundraising amount reportedly did not come from the city’s average citizens but rather from large-dollar donors with ties to Silicon Valley.
Located in the Bay Area, the Valley hosts numerous tech and venture capital firms. In recent weeks, many of its leading figures have, for various reasons, expressed their support for the former president.
