The tech giant Microsoft Corp. has become the fourth-largest contributor to Democrat Presidential nominee, Joe Biden. The software company has somewhat been able to avoid the recent scrutiny of big tech companies, even obtaining a massive $10 billion government contract from the Trump Administration
In a report from Fox Business:
The company’s President Brad Smith is playing a key role behind the scenes, hosting a fundraiser for Biden last year in Medina, Washington. He is also a big dollar bundler – people who help raise more than $25,000 for the Biden campaign – and had a public role during the Democratic National Convention, similar to Amazon.com Inc policy chief Jay Carney.
Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott and his wife have contributed over $50,000 supporting committees helping Biden win, according to campaign finance records. And Microsoft board member and co-founder of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman, and his wife have also donated generously to the Biden campaign. Hoffman’s wife has contributed over half a million dollars to the Biden victory fund.
Microsoft senior executives also have donated more to the Biden campaign during the primaries than any other large tech company, according to data from the Revolving Door Project, part of Center for Economic & Policy Research (CERP).
“Microsoft has been playing politics for much longer than the other large technology companies that are widely talked about,” said Max Moran, a researcher at CERP, noting it has been around longer than most U.S. tech companies.
Law prohibits companies from donating themselves, a rule Microsoft along with other companies has easily been managed to skirt around. The donations were either made by the company’s Political Action Committees (PACs), members of the PACs, or by individual employees.
i struggle to understand what they expect to gain? What could be the motive to keep the country shut down and weak? Donald Trump may not be the nicest or most likable guy, but you know he has a USA first belief! Amazing how intelligent people can see things so differently!
You are assuming Biden supporters are intelligent?!
Money? Have these billionaires sold out their own country to China? That would explain a lot!
Don’t really think that is a secret!
This is not a secret. We must remember that all of the big tech companies are international. They do a huge amount of business all over the world, especially with China and other countries that POTUS does not like US companies trading with. They would rather go back to the one world economy favored by Obama and Biden and most progressives.
The entire corporate media is promoting Joe biden as well as the entire social media with their far left brain washing and censoring of the truth. Worst of all is that the entire corporate media which controls ALL of the major TV stations is brain washing the American people with their endless LIES about our president and their endorsement of Joe biden. Bottom line is that there is absolutely NO TRUTH in any of our far left communist media. If the Fraud by Mail in Ballots puts Joe in the White House, it will mean the end of our Republic which will be replaced with communist enslavement.
All Siilcon Valley backs Biden, why? Maybe to Chap 7 firms & Section 230
They are afraid of their monopoly being threatened and with Hidin Biden, who is easily bribed , they can get whatever they want ………………………………….