Vice President Kamala Harris received an endorsement from an unlikely place on Friday: A son of right-wing media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
CNBC reports that James Murdoch, the one-time CEO of 21st Century Fox, was one of 88 corporate leaders who signed onto a letter backing Harris's White House bid.
In the letter, the businessmen argued that "the business community can be confident that it will have a president who wants American industries to thrive" should Harris defeat former President Donald Trump in November.
The letter also emphasizes that "the best way to support the continued strength, security, and reliability of our democracy and economy" is by electing Harris.
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Murdoch, the younger brother of current News Corp chairman Lachlan Murdoch, has long been something of a dissident within the Murdoch family.
He resigned from the board at his father's company in 2020 and said in his resignation letter that he was stepping down "due to disagreements over certain editorial content published by the Company's news outlets and certain other strategic decisions."
In an interview with The New Yorker the year prior, he hinted at the nature of these disagreements.
“The connective tissue of our society is being manipulated to make us fight with each other, making us the worst versions of ourselves,” James Murdoch said at the time. “There are views I really disagree with on Fox."
