Big Tech has become one of the biggest powerbrokers in the Democrat Party.
But the winds of change are blowing in Silicon Valley.
And Tucker Carlson was shocked to learn this scary decision Big Tech made for 2024.
Tech CEO explains Big Tech shift toward Donald Trump
Big Tech has been an adversary to former President Donald Trump after his mastery of social media helped power his victory in the 2016 Election.
This year, things are changing in Silicon Valley.
A number of influential tech leaders and CEOs have endorsed his campaign this year, including Tesla founder Elon Musk.
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson interviewed Big Tech CEO Amjad Masad – who leads an artificial intelligence (AI) start-up – about why Trump’s support in the industry is growing.
“So, to the question of whether there’s going to be a regulatory capture, I think that the — I mean, that’s why you see Silicon Valley getting into politics,” Masad explained. “You know, Silicon Valley was always sort of into politics. I remember, I came in 2012. It was early on in my time, it was the Romney/Obama debate.”
“Can I just pause here? Imagine a debate between Romney and Obama who agree on everything,” Carlson injected.
Masad said everyone in Silicon Valley was a Democrat then, and the industry thought Republicans were “dumb.”
“I didn’t see a lot of daylight and people were . . . making fun of Romney. It’s like there was — like he said something like binders full of women and kind of stuck with that or whatever. And I remember asking everyone around me, ‘Who are you with?’ [they were] like, ‘Of course, Democrats, of course,’” Masad recalled.
Masad said he wondered why Silicon Valley was so monolithically Democrat.
“I was like, ‘Why isn’t anyone here for Republicans?’ And they’re like, ‘because they’re dumb, and only dumb people [go for] Republicans. Silicon Valley was this one state town in a way,” Masad continued. “Actually [if you] look, there’s data on donations by company for say — like Netflix is 99% to Democrats and like 1% to Republicans.”
The shift in Big Tech toward Donald Trump
Masad said that Silicon Valley took notice when influential venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowit, supported Trump.
“I mean, you see, now a lot of people are surprised that a lot of people in tech are going for Republicans, are going for Trump. Particularly Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz put out a two hour podcast talking,” Masad said. “They’re reasoning for why they would vote for Trump — by the way, they would have never done that and like 2018, or 19 whatever. So [there’s] this vibe shift that’s happening.”
Carlson asked what the reception was in the industry to their support of Trump.
“It’s still mixed, but I think way better than what would have happened 10 years ago,” Masad explained. “They would’ve been canceled and they would have — no one would ever like, no founder would take their money.”
Andreessen and Horowitz have enough clout in the industry that people take notice of what they do, according to Masad.
Donald Trump now has a pocket of support in Big Tech after the whole industry fought against him in 2016 and 2020.
