“Shark Tank” star Mark Cuban has been a prime surrogate for Kamala Harris, particularly on the economic system and enterprise, however he hasn’t contributed to her marketing campaign and isn’t focused on serving in a cupboard submit.
In an interview with ABC Information that aired Sunday, the billionaire entrepreneur, who backed Nikki Haley within the Republican major, mentioned Harris is open minded and never an ideologue, then pivoted to his lack of economic assist.
“I haven’t given her a penny,” Cuban mentioned. “People think, ‘you’re giving her a lot of money.’ No, I haven’t given a penny.”
He added that he hasn’t given cash to any candidate since 2002, explaining that if he feels passionate a few candidate, he’ll assist and doesn’t need cash to be a problem.
“I don’t want them to work with me because I paid them to work with me,” he mentioned.
Cuban’s avoidance of any donations contrasts with different Harris supporters within the enterprise sector equivalent to LinkedIn cofounder Reid Hoffman and Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings who’ve given thousands and thousands of {dollars} to pro-Harris PACs.
In the meantime, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has given at the very least $132 million to assist elect Donald Trump and different Republicans.
Even with out his checkbook, Cuban touted his effectiveness as a Harris surrogate, saying he can “go into the nitty-gritty of any business topic you want to talk about” and clarify the distinction between her plan and Trump’s.
Later within the interview, Cuban acknowledged that he briefly thought of operating for president in 2020 however mentioned there’s “no chance” now of holding workplace.
“No, I’ve no interest, no interest in being a politician of any type,” he added. “I have no interest in serving in the cabinet for Kamala Harris or anybody. I like being a disruptor as an entrepreneur.”
Final month, nonetheless, he instructed to CNBC that he can be focused on serving as chairman of the Securities and Alternate Fee. The regulator is at the moment led by Gary Gensler, whom Cuban has mentioned must be fired.
“I told her team, put my name in for the SEC. It needs to change,” he mentioned.
And regardless of agreeing with former Trump administration officers that their one-time boss has fascist tendencies, which his marketing campaign has denied, Cuban mentioned he wouldn’t depart the nation if Trump wins.
“I’ll do whatever I can to help this country wherever I can,” he added. “And it doesn’t matter to me who’s president.”
