The president of the Heritage Foundation came to the city that launched Kamala Harris’s political career and announced plans for Project 2028 — the sequel to Project 2025 — if she wins. At a Peter Thiel/Garry Tan/Heritage tech conference in San Francisco. Get the picture?
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A rightward turn in parts of Silicon Valley colored the Reboot 2024
conference in San Francisco on Sept. 5, where Heritage Foundation
president Kevin Roberts made a surprise appearance and defended the
Project 2025 policy roadmap.
“The right is ascendant in Silicon Valley, whether it’s majority or not,” said Schleifer, who covers the billionaire beat and tech and money in politics. The inhibition that tech leaders had in the past about supporting Trump is gone, he said. Instead it has become a “brand positive” and an admirably contrarian position to be vocally pro-Trump in some tech circles.
Among the outspoken tech executives backing Trump are Elon Musk and billionaire tech investor and podcaster David Sacks, who hosted a fundraiser for Trump at his San Francisco mansion. Earlier Thursday, Trump said that if he were elected Musk would lead a government efficiency commission to audit federal spending and recommend reforms.