Jack Dorsey, co-founder and chief government officer of Twitter Inc. and Square Inc., speaks in the course of the Bitcoin 2021 convention in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Friday, June 4, 2021.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s bid for the Democratic nomination for president has gained a lift from a number of Silicon Valley executives.
Block CEO Jack Dorsey endorsed Kennedy on Twitter Sunday, whereas Twitter proprietor Elon Musk invited the contender to a stay audio dialogue on the platform. That dialogue is about for two p.m. Eastern Time on Twitter and shall be moderated by enterprise capitalist David Sacks, one other outstanding title in Silicon Valley.
Musk stated final 12 months that he would assist Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for president in 2024, ought to he run. DeSantis lately introduced his candidacy on a glitch-plagued Twitter Spaces occasion with Musk and Sacks. But Musk stated the occasion was not a proper endorsement of DeSantis.
President Joe Biden is closely favored to win the Democratic nomination for 2024. But Kennedy has entered the race interesting to skepticism about vaccines by citing debunked theories linking them to autism. A current Fox News survey discovered 19% of Democratic main voters surveyed stated they might assist Kennedy within the main, with a margin of error of plus or minus 5 proportion factors.
Musk has clashed with Democratic officers over Covid restrictions and beforehand doubted the mortality price of the illness estimated by public well being organizations. After he took over Twitter, the platform stopped imposing its earlier coverage to take away deceptive info concerning Covid.
On a 2020 earnings name, Musk known as stay-at-home orders “fascist.” Early within the pandemic, Musk clashed with California officers who didn’t permit Tesla to renew operations at its plant there as early as he had hoped as a result of world outbreak.
Dorsey, for his half, has a historical past of supporting underdog and non-mainstream candidates, together with businessman Andrew Yang and former U.S. consultant Tulsi Gabbard.
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