Tech CEO Garry Tan's tweet mimicking 2Pac’s 'Hit ’Em Up' and suggesting SF Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Connie Chan 'die slow' has led to police reports and threatening letters. Three supervisors received identical letters. The SF DA has asked the state to handle any cases from the tweet. The incident has sparked a broader discussion on the influence of tech elites in SF politics.
OPINION: Entrepreneur John Graham defends Garry Tan's recent threatening tweets. Meanwhile, Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Connie Chan use Tan's post to critique his centrist Democratic message. #SFSOpinion https://t.co/nlQQ3dU8Bj
OPINION: Garry Tan's tweet reveals a deeper threat in SF politics. @chrsdcook explores the coordinated effort by tech elites to reverse progressive policies, shedding light on the deep pockets of millionaires shaping the city's trajectory. #SFSOpinion https://t.co/GIsuf35ecO
the tech boom brought sf new tax revenue hand over fist—the envy of every city in the world—only to have it squandered by progressive politicians blocking housing, encouraging petty criminality and drug trafficking, and pouring money into unaudited nonprofits that did the same https://t.co/0RN5HtlQ9c
Garry Tan’s tweet aimed at supervisors said, “die slow motherfuckers.” District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has asked the state attorney general to take any cases that might emerge from a police investigation. https://t.co/mSZW6fsHLD
SF DA has asked the state to take any cases that emerge from tech CEO Garry Tan’s threatening tweet about SF politicos. https://t.co/HuNN9fAtOK
NEW: Ahsha Safai for SF Mayor campaign just reported year end financials thru 12/2023 , a fundraising tally of $333,176 . https://t.co/wwcgUN4tET
Breaking: The committee supporting the election of Daniel Lurie for SF mayor just released its year-end report, indicating $3,283,000 raised. https://t.co/0eGlnt4ZEx
NEW: Campaign records show GrowSF tapped into San Francisco’s influential tech scene to raise $300,000 to oust democratic socialist Supervisor Dean Preston. Top donors include Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan ($50K), who's under fire for a threatening tweet. https://t.co/6oWagjjgFl
update: a third supervisor, Myrna Melgar, received the same mailer threatening her and her family that’s three of the seven supervisors named by Garry Tan in a weekend rant—in which he joked they should “die slow”—who have received identical letters https://t.co/H1s6jB4C4Z https://t.co/Fch38v0Mho https://t.co/vxYfen0gyR
NEW REPORT: The coalition opposing embattled SF Supervisor Dean Preston’s re-election reported they have raised nearly $290,000 thru 12/31/2023. https://t.co/lOlec3XEat
Rebecca Solnit on San Francisco now: “These billionaires…have laid their hands on the city that’s been my home since 1980 and used their wealth to undermine its diversity and affordability, demonise its poor, turn its politicians into puppets and push its politics to the right.”
Drug legalization has been a complete and total disaster for America. San Francisco’s “Pro-Drug Culture” - The New York Times https://t.co/TOebv5Chmp
NEW: Coalition to defeat SF embattled Supervisor Dean Preston’s re-election reports thru 12/31/2023, have nearly $290,000 funds raised. https://t.co/S9WYU9tieC
NEW YORK TIMES: San Francisco’s drug overdose death rate was more than double the national level. https://t.co/G2DHDDzX8F
Decriminalization of drugs may offer an interesting alternative to "war" -- but in San Francisco it has been an abject disaster. Overdose deaths have spiked and public use is rampant, which in turn has damaged economy, this NYT analysis says https://t.co/ql9L3S2g6V
San Francisco politicians when @garrytan tweets something they don't like: https://t.co/MN1KUm7uks
JUST IN: Supervisor Aaron Peskin also received a threatening letter sent to his home referencing the Garry Tan tweet. Peskin provided pics of envelope and the message: “I WISH A SLOW AND PAINFUL DEATH FOR YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES.” The envelope also featured a photo of Tan. https://t.co/jML4zJ2jB6 https://t.co/ilyzXydGYl
The San Francisco political establishment is completely melting down over a tweet. https://t.co/11gtY9jrZd
Following tech baron and political donor Garry Tan's tweet at SF politicians to "die slow, motherf****r," two have reported him to the cops. Another received a note at his family home citing Tan's rant and wishing a slow death for the supe and his family https://t.co/3QZwdzCSAi
SF Supervisors Aaron Peskin and Connie Chan have filed police reports against influential tech CEO Garry Tan after he mimicked 2Pac’s famous diss track “Hit ’Em Up” on X and suggested that they could "die slow." https://t.co/lkZMqk6Koi