Democrats Robbed a Bank in Silicon Valley

 

• What do Willie Sutton and Democrats have in common?

• Women constituted 45 percent of the board.

• Eric Benhamou contributed overwhelmingly to Democrats (Al Gore, Dianne Feinstein, Zoe Lofgren) in a dollar-amount sense but did send money to Arlen Specter, John McCain, and a few other Republicans.

• His wife, who lists “not employed” and “retired” as her occupation, nevertheless donated tens of thousands of dollars to the Democratic National Committee and dozens of Democratic Party candidates — and not a single Republican.

• The uniformity of political giving from a bank board touting its diversity coaxes a laugh, not the law.

• SVB noted that one of its board’s six committees, the “Governance and Corporate Responsibility Committee[,] maintained its focus and emphasis on board diversity to achieve the optimal balance for our Board, including by working with its outside director search firm to include diverse candidates for consideration, and will continue to focus on board diversity into the future.”

https://spectator.org/democrats-robbed-a-bank-in-silicon-valley/