"Preview: Colleague Chris Riegel remarks on the famous tech bros of Silicon Valley switching sides to applaud POTUS. More later."
The John Batchelor Show
John Batchelor
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🗓️ 5 March 2025
⏱️ 1 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is John Batchel, a conversation with my colleague Chris Regal of Scholar.com, |
| 0:06.0 | who's in the IN digital business, about the attendance in the chamber last night of the president's speech. |
| 0:15.8 | Were the tech pros there? Yes, not only Elon Musk, but a number of faces that Chris recognized. |
| 0:21.4 | And why? The tech bros a number of faces that Chris recognized. And why? |
| 0:29.8 | The tech bros are center-left as Chris begins his remarks, acknowledging as such. They supported Hillary Clinton in 16, challenged Mr. Trump, successful for Mr. Biden in 20, and Ms. Harris in 24. |
| 0:41.3 | So in the chamber, why? Here's Chris to explain. |
| 0:46.3 | John, Silicon Valley, on the whole, the center left, but you're seeing a warming to the Republicans from the tech bros because they see opportunity again. |
| 0:57.6 | When President Trump opened the speech about saying we're America and we're back, |
| 1:01.2 | that plays very, very well in the valley, which is about new ideas and growing and opportunity. |
| 1:07.0 | So the opportunity message is resonating, and those are very, very powerful allies, as Mr. |
| 1:13.1 | Biden learned in the earlier election. |
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