Pete Buttigieg
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But for a lot of my friends who are scratching their heads saying, wait a minute, these are folks who are from the tech and science world.
How could they back a president or administration that's been deleting references to science and kind of censoring science, at least anytime that climate is concerned?
How could they back a president or administration that's been deleting references to science and kind of censoring science, at least anytime that climate is concerned?
A lot of these guys are libertarian.
A lot of these guys are libertarian.
How could they be on board with the administration that is
How could they be on board with the administration that is
sending troops into streets and has really let it crack down on freedom.
sending troops into streets and has really let it crack down on freedom.
That's kind of something out of the fever dreams of my conservative and libertarian friends back when we were arguing about politics over beers that I never thought I would see happen.
That's kind of something out of the fever dreams of my conservative and libertarian friends back when we were arguing about politics over beers that I never thought I would see happen.
These folks, some of these folks are gay.
These folks, some of these folks are gay.
And how can they be backing an administration that's really assaulted LGBT rights?
And how can they be backing an administration that's really assaulted LGBT rights?
And, you know, if you just go down the list,
And, you know, if you just go down the list,
There's a lot of things that are counterintuitive about some of these Silicon Valley leaders who flipped, in many cases, flipped from being very, very active Democrats to backing Trump.
There's a lot of things that are counterintuitive about some of these Silicon Valley leaders who flipped, in many cases, flipped from being very, very active Democrats to backing Trump.
And maybe there's an intuitive answer to that counterintuitive thing, which is that many of them feel their short-term business interests or personal financial interests are better served by Republicans.