Sign of the times?: At the height of the global warming hysteria in 2007, John Doerr publicly broke into tears about global warming; now, he's giving money to "denier" Chris Christie

Silicon Valley's unlikely new favorite cause: Gov. Christie - Philly.com

Billionaire venture capitalist John Doerr, an early investor in Google and Amazon, is a heavy Democratic donor along with his wife, Ann. They also spent $2.1 million in 2010 to defeat a California ballot measure that would have suspended air-pollution laws, according to MapLight. And yet they gave a combined $7,600 to Christie, who is despised by environmentalists in New Jersey.

2007: Doerr's crusade on global warming | VentureBeat

When John Doerr spoke at the Ted conference in March, he broke into tears at the end of a 20-minute talk about global warming.

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the New Jersey governor is now publicly denying climate change