Silicon Valley is Coconuts for Kamala Harris
WIRED Politics Lab
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🗓️ 23 July 2024
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Today on WIRED Politics Lab, how Democratic megadonors in Silicon Valley are showing their support for Vice President Kamala Harris now that President Joe Biden has dropped out of the race. Plus, why posts from the far-right and Republican lawmakers calling Biden’s exit a ‘coup’ have exploded online.
Leah Feiger is @LeahFeiger. Makena Kelly is @kellymakena. Lauren Goode is @LaurenGoode. David Gilbert is @DaithaiGilbert. Write to us at [email protected]. Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter here.
Mentioned this week:
Silicon Valley Donors Bailed on Biden. Kamala Harris Is Winning Them Back by Makena Kelly and Lauren Goode
The Right Reacts to Biden’s Withdrawal: It’s a ‘Coup’ by David Gilbert
The Far Right Is Already Demonizing Kamala Harris by David Gilbert
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| 0:17.6 | This is Wired Politics Lab, a show about how tech is changing politics. |
| 0:22.0 | I'm Leah Feiger, the senior politics editor at Wired. |
| 0:24.8 | President Joe Biden has just announced that he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. |
| 0:31.4 | I've been processing this for five hours already, and it still gives me chills to say it. |
| 0:36.2 | And it comes after a morning in which we heard more calls for the president to step down. |
| 0:41.7 | Today on the show, President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and fully endorsed Vice President |
| 0:46.0 | Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee. |
| 0:48.5 | He also thanks Vice President Kamala Harris for, quote, being an extraordinary partner in all of this work. |
| 0:56.2 | With Vice President Harris confirming immediately that she is running, saying we have 107 days |
| 1:02.3 | until Election Day. Together we will fight and together we will win. |
| 1:06.4 | Fundraising for Democrats had reportedly slowed since the disastrous presidential debate a few weeks ago. |
| 1:11.9 | Then, the assassination attempt on Donald Trump brought some right-wing Silicon Valley donors into Trump's camp. |
| 1:17.9 | But with a new candidate set to take Biden's place, will left-leaning Silicon Valley donors open their checkbooks again? |
| 1:24.1 | Later in the show, I'll talk with David Gilbert about how the right wing is calling this |
| 1:27.9 | an unlawful coup. But first, I'm here with Wired Senior Writers, McKenna Kelly, and Lauren Good, |
| 1:34.1 | who have been reporting on the Democratic fundraising situation in Silicon Valley. McKenna, |
| 1:38.6 | welcome back. Hi. Lauren, it's your first time on the show, and we're so happy to have you. |
| 1:43.9 | How's it going? It's early here in Silicon Valley, but I your first time on the show, and we're so happy to have you. How's it going? |
| 1:44.8 | It's early here in Silicon Valley, but I figured that if all the venture capitalists are already up drinking the blood of young interns, I have to be up to. |
| 1:53.1 | So I'm thrilled to be here. |
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