Possible presidential contender Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican and tea-party favorite, is visiting companies including GoogleGOOG -0.05% and FacebookFB +2.87% this week during a fundraising trip through Silicon Valley,the Hill reported.
The California trip, which will also include events at the Reagan Presidential Library and Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, comes shortly after the senator blasted fellow lawmakers for holding a hearing about Apple’s avoiding U.S. taxes.
Paul earlier this month addressed a GOP dinner in Iowa, which holds the first presidential caucuses, and just last week was in New Hampshire, home of the first primary.
Silicon Valley has proven to be a source of cash for politicians of both parties. In 2012, employees of Microsoft MSFT +0.06% gave President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign $814,645 and contributed $213,438 to his rival Mitt Romney,according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
Google employees were a little less generous to Obama, according to the Center, giving $801,770. Google workers gave the second-largest amount to Sen. Paul’s father Ron, who also ran in 2012. They gave the elder Paul $42,478.
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