JD Vance wants to make Silicon Valley great again


Republican vice presidential candidate Senator J.D. Vance — AP

DEEP inside their glass-walled corridors, some of Silicon Valley’s biggest venture capitalists (VCs) are smiling to themselves about Donald Trump’s new running mate, JD Vance.

Resentment over a public backlash against tech combined with disillusionment over President Joe Biden have contributed to an ideological shift to the right in Silicon Valley over the last few years, driven by a number of venture capitalists.

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