Sergey Brin, once linked to liberal causes, has moved right politically through Trump praise, GOP donations and a major California tax fight.
Sergey Brin, the Google co-founder once associated with liberal causes, has moved noticeably to the right in his politics, according to a New York Times report that cites his praise for President Trump, Republican donations and a major campaign against a California billionaire tax.
The most concrete figure in the report is Brin’s spending in California: $57 million to try to block a proposed tax on billionaires. That outlay places one of Silicon Valley’s best-known founders in the center of a broader fight over how states seek revenue from extreme wealth — and how aggressively the ultrawealthy push back.
The report also says Brin has donated to Republicans and publicly praised Trump. Taken together, those moves mark a sharp change in public posture for a technology executive previously described as a backer of liberal causes.
The Times framed Brin’s shift partly through his relationship with a woman it described in its headline as a “MAGA girlfriend.” The supplied report summary does not provide further details about her role, the timing of Brin’s donations or the specific California tax proposal at issue.
Brin’s political turn is notable because the largest technology companies and their founders remain powerful players in American civic life, not only through products and platforms but also through campaign spending, ballot fights and access to elected officials. For readers, the key question is whether Brin’s recent activity represents a durable realignment or a narrower response to tax and regulatory fights affecting billionaires and the technology industry.
For now, the verified picture from the report is limited but clear: Brin, after earlier liberal support, has taken several publicly visible steps toward the political right, with money and praise aimed at Republican-aligned politics and opposition to a California wealth-tax effort.
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