RFK Jr.’s presidential bid gains boost from Silicon Valley elite

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s bid for the Democratic presidential nomination has the support of several Silicon Valley executives.

jam CEO Jack Dorsey approved Kennedy spoke on Twitter on Sunday, while Twitter owner Elon Musk invited the contender to a live audio discussion on the platform. The discussion, scheduled for 2 p.m. ET on Twitter, will be moderated by venture capitalist David Sachs, another Silicon Valley big name.

Musk said last year that if he ran, he would support Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for the 2024 presidential bid. DeSantis recently announced his candidacy at a Twitter Spaces event that glitched with Musk and Sacks.But Musk said the event was not officially recognized DeSantis.

President Joe Biden is a strong favorite to win the 2024 Democratic nomination.But Kennedy cites vaccine skepticism as he enters the campaign debunked theory Link them to autism.A recent Fox News survey found that 19 percent of Democratic primary voters being investigated said they would back Kennedy in the primary with a margin of error of plus or minus five percentage points.

Musk has clashed with Democratic officials over Covid restrictions, having previously cast doubt on public health groups’ estimates of the disease’s death rate. After he took over Twitter, the platform stopped enforcing its previous policy of removing misleading information about Covid.

On a 2020 earnings call, Musk called stay-at-home orders “fascist.” Early in the pandemic, Musk clashed with California officials who would not allow Tesla to resume operations at its local factory as early as he had hoped because of the global outbreak.

As far as Dorsey is concerned, he has a A History of Supporting Weak and Non-Mainstream Candidatesincluding businessman Andrew Yang and former U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard.

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