Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia has revealed he ditched the Democrats to back President Trump after realizing the US border crisis was spiraling out of control — insisting he could no longer support a party that “lets in criminals and dangerous people into our country.”
The tech billionaire was a lifelong Dem — until around 2021, when he started shifting toward the Republican Party because of his concern at the lack of immigration enforcement under President Joe Biden.
“I remember just being like, ‘Holy cow, this is crazy,’” Gebbia told “The Katie Miller Podcast” on Monday.
“Like, ‘This is not right, this is a real problem and there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be enforcing the laws of our country and our border.’”
After reaching out to Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, a friend, for help piecing together what he was missing, Gebbia said he “started to pull on that thread” and zero in on other issues.
“I sort of, you know, begin to look at other topics and eventually came to the point where I don’t think I can support a political party that wants to have an open border, that lets in criminals and dangerous people into our country,” he said.
“That’s just not something I can get behind.” --->READ MORE HERE
Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia slammed Democrats as he said he was driven from the party over the crisis at the Southern border and criticisms of RFK Jr.
The billionaire opened up on his decision to support Donald Trump in a podcast appearance opposite former White House official Katie Miller – the wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller.
Gebbia was previously a top donor for Kamala Harris - but ultimately flipped his vote in the 2024 election after a phone call with Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
He also cited HHS Secretary Kennedy as a main reason why he was attracted to Trump, saying: 'I’ve been on my journey.'
Gebbia said: 'Everyone’s been on a journey, and I think through, you know, certainly Bobby Kennedy and supporting him, and I’ve been so grateful for the work that he’s doing, to be somebody who just cares so much about the health of our nation.
'And you know, (Kennedy) has no ties to industry and is really just able to bust through walls and sort of, like, right size the ship.'
Gebbia added that seeing immigration fall out of control under former President Joe Biden was a wake-up call for him to leave the Democrats around mid-2021, when border encounters soared to over 200,000-per-month.
'The activity at the border caught my attention, and I just remember thinking, ‘What’s going on with this topic? It seems as if there’s no border,'' he said.
'And as it got worse that year, I felt like I needed to understand this problem more, so I reached out to my friends, largely on the Democratic side of the house, at all levels, from the highest level all the way down.'
Gebbia made headlines earlier this year after joining forces with Elon Musk to work on his DOGE initiative, an experience that he described as 'pretty unpleasant' due to the backlash he received from the left. --->READ MORE HERE
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