Dustin Moskovitz, one of the co-founders of Facebook, announced on Friday that he and his wife are giving $20 million to several organizations in order to help Hillary Clinton become the next U.S. president.
Dustin Moskovitz, one of the co-founders of Facebook, announced on Friday that he and his wife are giving $20 million to several organizations in order to help Hillary Clinton become the next U.S. president.
In an online post, he noted, "The polarization in America today has yielded a race that is about much more than policies and ideas. It has become a referendum on who we want to be — as individuals, as a nation and as a society. Will we be driven by fear, towards tribalism, emphasizing the things that divide us? Will we focus on how to advantage those most similar to us while building barriers to separate us from the rest of the world? Or, alternatively, will we continue in the direction of increased tolerance, diversity and interdependence in the name of mutual prosperity?"
He further comments, "for the first time, we are endorsing a candidate and donating. We hope these efforts make it a little more likely that...Clinton is able to pursue the agenda she’s outlined, and serve as a signal to the Republican Party that by running this kind of campaign — one built on fear and hostility — and supporting this kind of candidate, they compel people to act in response.
Among the organizations that will benefit from the pledge include the LCV Victory Fund, For Our Future PAC, Color Of Change PAC, and MoveOn.org Political Action.
