How did Silicon Valley's best and brightest become Trump's cheerleaders? Journalist Scott Alan Lucas may have found the origins in his investigation of Cash App founder Bob Lee's 2023 murder.

When Lee was killed in San Francisco, tech elites immediately abandoned their supposed data-driven principles, blaming liberal governance despite clear evidence pointing elsewhere. The same figures—including future Trump advisor David Sacks—chose narrative over facts, ideology over analysis.

Lucas reveals how this case foreshadowed tech's wholesale embrace of Trump, exposing a disturbing pattern where supposedly rational leaders prioritize political convenience over truth, offering crucial insights into how Silicon Valley went MAGA.

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