A dispute born out of Silicon Valley’s growing political divide became personal on Thursday when conservative venture capitalist David Sacks, well-known startup guru Paul Graham, and Rippling CEO Parker Conrad traded barbs on X.
The back-and-forth started when Sacks, who was a longtime executive and venture capitalist before becoming known for his outspoken support of former President Donald Trump, posted on X that he disagreed with the Democratic party’s decision to back Vice President Kamala Harris after President Joe Biden announced he wouldn’t seek reelection. Sacks wrote in a post that during the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Biden was in “no danger of being deposed” but was “actually deposed,” when he stepped down as the party’s presumptive nominee this Sunday, calling the move a "coup."
