Shaun Maguire has built a reputation as Sequoia Capital’s link to Elon Musk. The tech investor also shares Musk’s penchant for sparring on social media, and his X posts about Zohran Mamdani have ignited a Muskian storm.

       Maguire on Friday chimed in on the New York City mayoral candidate, a democratic socialist who is Muslim, calling Mamdani an “Islamist" who “comes from a culture that lies about everything." He’s spent the days since sparring with X posters and Silicon Valley types.

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