May 22 (Reuters) - Two high-profile tech investors will
host a fundraiser for Republican presidential candidate Donald
Trump in deeply Democratic San Francisco in June, according to a
copy of an invitation sent to donors and seen by Reuters.
The June 6 reception and dinner with Trump will be hosted by
venture capitalists David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya, as
well as Sacks' wife Jacqueline, the invite states.
Reuters was not immediately able to determine who else will
be attending. Sacks and Palihapitiya did not respond to requests
for comment on the event.
While the tech industry tends to skew left-wing - San
Francisco voted 85% for Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 election
against then-president Trump - it also has some libertarian and
conservative undercurrents.
Sacks and Palihapitiya co-host the "All-in" podcast, which
gained popularity for giving an insider's peek into their world
of technology and wealth. In recent years, the podcast hosts
have expressed more conservative viewpoints and critiqued what
they perceive as an increasingly liberal Silicon Valley culture.
The June event shows how Trump is trying to broaden his
coalition and seek out new fundraising sources. After a raft of
high-dollar donor events across the country, Trump overtook
Biden in fundraising last month for the first time.
The San Francisco invite says it costs $300,000 per person,
or $500,000 per couple, to be a member of the host committee. A
'VIP' ticket is going for $50,000.
David Sacks is a close friend of billionaire Tesla CEO Elon
Musk. Sacks and Musk last year hosted Florida Governor Ron
DeSantis on social media site X for his chaotic announcement
that he was running in the Republican presidential primary.
It was not immediately clear if Musk might attend the Trump
fundraiser. Trump met with Musk, one of the world's richest
individuals, in Florida this March. Musk later said he would not
donate money to any presidential candidates this election.
Musk did not respond to an e-mail on Wednesday about whether
he would attend the event.