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Two tech investors to host Trump at June San Francisco fundraiser
May 22, 2024 1:05 PM

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.

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