Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance will be in the Bay Area for a fundraiser Monday night, with tickets as much as $50,000 per couple, but you can pay your admission in crypto.
Since freshly minted Ohio Senator JD Vance was tapped as Trump’s 2024 running mate this month, there has been some concerned chatter among top Republicans that his veep selection might backfire, after his remarks about “childless cat ladies” and his dig at his own wife that “Obviously, she’s not a white person.” But there will be no such concern at a GOP fundraiser in Palo Alto Monday night, as KTVU reports that Vance is visiting Palo Alto for a Monday night Trump fundraiser.
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— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) July 23, 2024
JD Vance to Silicon Valley, per invite. pic.twitter.com/AVsppzkh1y
According to Bloomberg, the event is being organized by crypto firm BitGo’s CEO Mike Belshe, though it is unclear if the event is at Belshe’s home (NBC Bay Area reports the fundraiser will be held at “a private home”). BitGo is some sort of crypto wallet/trading tool that purports to allow you to “securely hold, invest, and build with digital assets.”
Bay Area: if you want to attend the Palo Alto fundraising dinner with JD Vance Monday, contact me and I’ll hook you up!
— Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) July 25, 2024
Per KTVU, tickets range anywhere from $3,300 per person to $50,000 per couple. KTVU also adds “interested guests could pay with digital currency.”
Supporters awaiting the arrival of @JDVance at the Four Seasons.
— Damian Trujillo (@newsdamian) July 29, 2024
The hotel, not the landscaping place pic.twitter.com/YucfwRZ6uo
Yes, this is the second Bay Area Trump fundraising event in the last two months. That does not necessarily mean an appreciably larger amount of Trump support in the Bay Area, though perhaps somewhat more in the very small crypto evangelist community.
“It comes down to the dollar sign, that’s what you see in Silicon Valley,” University of San Francisco political science professor James Taylor told NBC Bay Area. “It's not a moral philosophical alignment, but self-interest.”
According to the Santa Cruz County Republicans website, Vance will also be at a Wednesday luncheon in Fresno County’s Coalinga.
Image: RADFORD, VIRGINIA - JULY 22: Republican vice presidential nominee, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) speaks at a campaign rally at Radford University on July 22, 2024 in Radford, Virginia. Vance is on the first campaign swing for either presidential ticket since President Joe Biden yesterday abruptly ended his reelection bid and threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
