I hate that it hurts the hosts.

Leslie1077
Level 1
Marlborough, MA

I hate that it hurts the hosts.

I cannot support a company that has someone supporting Musk/Trump in ANY way. They are adding to the demise of our country, and putting too many people's livelihoods at risk.

I sadly have canceled my planned trips with Air BNB and sought other accommodations. 

Let me know when Gebbia's off the board. Shame on him.

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Liza82
Level 2
Brattleboro, VT

As an Airbnb host who is researching ways to stop Musk from destroying our government, I hear that you don't want to deal with a company where there is a board member supporting Musk/Trump. However I don't think avoiding Airbnb will hurt Musk or Trump at all, but it will hurt hosts. If Musk loses billions of dollars, he will still have billions, and he doesn't care a whit about our opinion of him. However, if people boycott Airbnb, people like myself - I am retired and rent out one room in my residence via Airbnb - will lose an essential part of our income. This at a time when other cuts may happen to Medicare, social security. If you want to take action, just please understand who you may be hurting. I think in your anger (justified as it may  be) you will be hurting hosts the most. Also, might add that if you scratch the surface, you will find that there are Trump supporters on many boards of many organizations, certainly on the boards of chain hotels. I do believe that some of the recent articles highlghting Gebbia's connections to Airbnb had a malicious attempt and may well be connected to the hotel industry which has tried to shut down Airbnb for years.

Thanks for hearing me out.

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