Dustin Moskovitz, the billionaire Internet entrepreneur who co-founded Facebook and Asana, just committed $20 million to help Hillary Clinton win in 2016.
In a strongly worded Medium post titled "Compelled to Act," Moskovitz and his wife Cari Tuna argued that Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump is "running on a zero-sum vision," and his position on immigration, specifically, would "hurt citizens and noncitizens alike."
"In contrast, the Democratic Party, and Hillary Clinton in particular, is running on a vision of optimism, pragmatism, inclusiveness and mutual benefit," the duo wrote. "Like many Democratic voters, we don't support every plank of the platform, but it is clear that if Secretary Clinton wins the election, America will advance much further toward the world we hope to see."
If Trump wins, "the country will fall backward, and become more isolated from the global community," they wrote. Moskovitz and Tuna added that Trump's promises "are quite possibly a deliberate con, an attempt to rally energy and support without the ability or intention to deliver."
"His proposals are so implausible that the nation is forced to worry that his interest in the presidency might not even extend beyond winning a contest and promoting his personal brand," they wrote.
Moskovitz and Tuna said they have previously voted for Democrats in presidential elections, but this is the first time they are endorsing a candidate and donating. Their $20 million donation will go to a number of organizations, including: the Hillary Victory Fund, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee; the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) Victory Fund; For Our Future PAC; MoveOn.org Political Action; Color Of Change PAC; and several nonpartisan voter registration and "get out the vote" efforts.
The largest contributions are $5 million each to the LCV Victory Fund and For Our Future PAC.
Moskovitz isn't the first tech heavyweight to rally against Trump. Nearly 150 Silicon Valley execs and investors — including Steve Wozniak, Vint Cerf, Vinod Khosla, Pierre Omidyar, Mark Pincus, and Chris Sacca — in July argued that "Trump would be a disaster for innovation."
Recently, HP Enterprise chief Meg Whitman, who unsuccessfully ran for California governor as a Republican in 2010, voiced her support for Clinton.
Trump has secured the backing of billionaire investor (and Gawker fan) Peter Thiel, who served as a Trump delegate and spoke at the GOP convention.