Lavish parties and moral dilemmas: 4 days with Silicon Valley’s MAGA elite at the RNC

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All week at the RNC, I saw an event defined by Silicon Valley.

To me, these conversations captured the tenuous thread between Silicon Valley and Trump — an imperfect yet lucrative match, one that requires each side to tuck away moral misgivings.

In the brightly lit hallway, flooded with Texas delegates donned in cowboy hats and jeans, Trump superfans in American-flag suits and the occasional woman in a red ball gown, I found Blake Masters, another Thiel protégé running for office in Arizona.

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Author / Journalist: Margaux MacColl

Category: Technology

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Topics: Rnc David sacks Peter Thiel Startups Venture Donald Trump Republicans Keith Rabois

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Published On: 2024-07-20 @ 14:00:00 (12 hours ago)

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