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Democratic National Convention, election 2020, establishment Republicans, Glad I Didn't Say That!, Hewlett-Packard, Jobs, Joe Biden, Meg Whitman, offshoring, STEM workers, tech jobs
“Joe Biden…has a plan that will strengthen our economy for working people and small-business owners. For me, the choice is simple. I’m with Joe.”
– Former Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman, one of four leading Republicans chosen to speak on opening night of the Democratic National Convention, August 17, 2020
“The IT services market has continued to change and put more pressure on HP to reorganise its operations, for instance by increasing the proportion of its services workforce in lower-cost, offshore centres to 60 per cent.”
–Then Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman, September 15, 2015
(Sources: “Former GOP gubernatorial candidate Whitman endorses Biden at DNC,” by Carla Mainucci, Politico, August 17, 2020, https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/08/17/former-gop-gubernatorial-candidate-whitman-endorses-biden-at-dnc-1309809 & “HP to slash up to 30,000 jobs ahead of split,” by Richard Waters, Financial Times, September 15, 2015, https://www.ft.com/content/ff029c82-5bec-11e5-a28b-50226830d644 )
