‘One State Town’: Tech CEO Tells Tucker Carlson Why Silicon Valley Is Suddenly Turning To Trump

Tech CEO Amjad Masad revealed to Tucker Carlson on Thursday why he believes Silicon Valley is now turning to support former President Donald Trump for the 2024 election.

Masad, who heads the AI coding start-up Replit, appeared on “The Tucker Carlson Show” to discuss his experience within the tech industry and the changes he’s seen over the last few years. During the interview Masad called out the Democrats’ strong push to regulate artificial intelligence (AI), which appears to be the leading factor as to why more of Silicon Valley is deciding to support Republicans and Trump heading into November.

“So, to the question of whether there’s going to be a regulatory capture, I think that the — I mean, that’s why you see Silicon Valley getting into 🏛️Politics. You know, Silicon Valley was always sort of into 🏛️Politics. I remember, I came in 2012. It was early on in my time, it was the Romney/Obama debate,” Masad said.

“Can I just pause here? Imagine a debate between Romney and Obama who agree on everything,” Carlson, a co-founder of the Daily News Caller Foundation, jumped in.

Masad stated how “everyone around him” in the industry had been aligned with the Democratic Party, labeling Republicans as “dumb.”

“I didn’t see a lot of daylight and people were … making fun of Romney. It’s like there was — like he said something like binders full of women and kind of stuck with that or whatever. And I remember asking everyone around me, ‘Who are you with?’ like, ‘Of course, Democrats, of course,’” Masad said.