Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on stage at a campaign event in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on September 29, 2024.
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Vice President Kamala Harris’ leading allies in the private sector are launching a new campaign to portray the Democratic nominee as the best candidate for business and draw a contrast between her and Republican former President Donald Trump. It started.
Harris business leaders launched a website early Friday morning featuring online testimonials from both small business owners and highly successful entrepreneurs.
Dallas Mavericks owner mark cubanLinkedIn Co-Founder Reid Hoffman, Netflix co-founder reed hastings and box CEO aaron levin All short videos recorded for Harris. former american express CEO Ken Chennault and the previous Merck CEO Ken Frazier I also provided a clip.
“Kamala Harris brings order and innovation. Donald Trump brings chaos, fear, and despair. We need someone who brings tangible hope. That’s Kamala Harris. ” writes Chenault in his book. testimony.
Hastings says he thinks Harris is even better for business than her boss, President Joe Biden. “I think in many ways it will be an improvement over the current administration. And one of the differences with her is the level of interest she has.”
Reed Hastings, co-CEO of Netflix, speaks at the 2021 Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, USA, on October 18, 2021.
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Mr. Hastings was one of a small group of vocal Democratic donors this summer who called on Mr. Biden to withdraw from the race after his disastrous June 27 campaign. discussion Against Trump.
all executives Members of the project signed an open letter supporting Harris in September. But some of them are backing up their support with millions of dollars in donations to this new initiative.
Business Leaders for Harris is a project of Republican Accountability PAC, a progressive political action committee.
The super PAC has already received $6 million from Mr. Hoffman this election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission records.
hastings reportedly Shortly after Biden withdrew from the race in July and endorsed Harris, he donated $7 million to the PAC.
In addition to donating funds, Hoffman is hosting a new business leader podcast for Harris. first episode Hoffman is shown talking to Cuban and then to Hastings.
At one point, Mr. Hoffman said, “I’ve heard from a number of CEOs who feel very strongly that Ms. Harris is actually better for the business, but who is currently sitting in “the seat.” “I feel like I can’t say much because of the situation.” ” he says.
“They’re like, ‘Hey, I have a lot of employees, I have shareholders, I have customers.’
Future podcast episodes will feature additional participants in the campaign.
