Tech heavyweights who helped ignite Trump’s candidacy have told close associates they feel alienated from the GOP and are casting about for a candidate who more closely aligns with their extreme pro-business agenda.

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    1 year ago

    “‘Anti-woke’ is supposed to mean that I get to oppress people, not that people get to oppress me!” — gay billionaire

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      Anti-woke

      I don’t think business cared about the odd GOP “Anti-woke” agenda seeing it instead as benign red meat to feed to the base. Well, business didn’t care until it started affecting the money train. At that point you get independents and a small number of business minded GOP voters staying home instead of voting for GOP candidates.