VCs are fighting, investors are annoyed, and the presidential election has become a constant distraction that Silicon Valley just wants to be over

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A few weeks ago, multiple tech investors asked a partner at an early-stage venture capital firm if she would sign onto VCs for Kamala, an advocacy group to elect Kamala Harris as president. She didn't sign, not because she doesn't support Harris (she does) but because she sees no upside in broadcasting her political intentions.