From Elon Musk to David Sacks, Silicon Valley’s Trump Backers Cheer Vance as VP Pick
- Many in the startup world rejoiced at Trump’s VP pick
- Vance has criticized big tech and has backed small players
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Major Silicon Valley investors hailed Donald Trump’s choice of Ohio senator and former venture capitalist JD Vance as his running mate, a move that puts the technology industry closer to center stage in Washington if the former president takes the White House in November.
Elon Musk called the decision a “great choice” and said the lineup “resounds with victory” in a post on X, the social platform he owns. David Sacks, an investor and Trump supporter scheduled to speak at the GOP convention on Monday night, called Vance an “American patriot” in a post.