GOP Ex-Officials With Tech Sector Ties Back Biden at DNC

A trio of GOP ex-officials and politicians with ties to the tech sector backed former Vice President and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden during the Democratic National Convention’s Monday session. Former Rep. Susan Molinari of New York, who was Google vice president-policy and government relations 2012-2018 (see 1811020020), called Biden “exactly what this nation needs at this time” and criticized President Donald Trump as “disappointing.” Quibi CEO Meg Whitman, who previously led eBay and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, said Biden’s economic plan, if enacted, would “strengthen our economy for working people and small-business owners.” Whitman was the GOP’s 2010 California gubernatorial nominee. Former Trump Department of Homeland Security Chief of Staff Miles Taylor, on leave from a Google security strategy role, also endorsed Biden during the Monday DNC session. Trump’s re-election campaign criticized Molinari for being “a registered lobbyist for Russia” while at the Washington Group and noted Whitman’s support for 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton. Trump called Taylor a “former DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE” and said the Democrats “will take anyone against us.”