Article snippet: South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg hosted four presidential campaign fundraisers in greater San Francisco, California, which included co-hosts with a former Facebook executive and Google official. This past weekend was at least Buttigieg’s third fundraising trip to Silicon Valley. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is on the way to making his fourth trip to Silicon Valley to raise money since declaring his candidacy for president in February. Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), California’s freshman senator, recently finished her sixth tour fundraising across Silicon Valley. The New York Times said that Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Buttigieg, and Harris have been three of the most aggressive candidates seeking Silicon Valley cash. All three, particularly Booker and Harris, have had Silicon Valley ties. Booker attended Stanford and once was an investor in an Internet start-up. The New Jersey Democrat also worked with Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg when the social media chief donated $100 million to renew Newark, New Jersey, schools. Harris raised the most of any 2020 candidate in the first quarter of 2019 from employees of companies in the Internet Association, a lobbying and industry association of the tech industry in Washington, D.C. The Democrats’ fundraising from America’s largest tech companies raises questions over their authentici, as many Americans have become increasingly skeptical of their power and influence over the Internet and the technology industry. Demo... Link to the full article to read more