Trump Pitches His MAGA Machine to Tech Bros at San Francisco Fundraiser

Donald Trump boosted his campaign coffers Thursday night with a San Francisco fundraiser event hosted by a pair of tech investors, reportedly adding another $12 million to his war chest for the November election.

Venture capitalists David Sacks and Chamath Palihapitiya held the event at Sacks’ mansion in the upscale Pacific Heights neighborhood, according to Reuters. Attendees at the gathering were said to have included several notable cryptocurrency entrepreneurs—as well as a couple of the top contenders hoping to become Trump’s running mate.

Republican National Committeewoman Harmeet Dhillon claimed on X that the event—where tickets were reported to cost up to $300,000—had raised $12 million. She said attendees included “crypto leaders” including some from the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange, as well as Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, the twins behind the Gemini crypto exchange but probably best known for their claims that Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea to create Facebook.

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