Posted on 03/17/2021 8:02:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel just dropped a massive donation into a PAC supporting author and venture capitalist J.D. Vance for the open U.S. Senate seat in Ohio. Vance has not officially entered the race, but his name has been discussed as a possible candidate to replace incumbent Republican Sen. Rob Portman, who announced earlier this year that he will not seek another term. Thiel’s donation has raised some eyebrows in the state, where there’s every indication that the primary election will be a referendum on President Trump.
Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy, which portrayed the struggles of Vance’s family in Middletown, Ohio, briefly pondered entering the race to unseat incumbent Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown in 2018 after Republican Josh Mandel dropped out of the race, but ultimately decided not to run.
A political action committee (PAC) called Protect Ohio Values was formed on Feb. 24 by Timothy Koch of political accounting and compliance firm Koch & Hoos, according to Federal Election Commission records. The super PACs website states, “We’re a network of grassroots conservatives committed to electing a Senator who will stand for and defend Ohio’s values in Washington, DC.” As such, the group believes that ” J. D. Vance is the right man for the job and we are signing up supporters and raising funds to demonstrate a groundswell of support in the Buckeye State.”
Thiel, the founder of PayPal and an early investor in Facebook, recently donated $10 million to the super PAC, according to the group’s communications advisor, Bryan Lanza. Thiel also is a key investor in Vance’s Narya Capital, which supports start-ups in flyover country. After the success of Hillbilly Elegy, which was later turned into a Netflix movie, Vance, who has never run for public office, left California and moved his family back to Ohio
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The relationship between Trump and Peter Thiel, who spoke on Trump’s behalf at the Republican National Convention in 2016 and donated $1.25 million to his campaign that year, seems to have cooled considerably.
Thiel did not speak at the 2020 convention and according to some reports, he was unhappy with Trump’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Not much is known about Vance’s political positions — he identifies as a Republican, writes for National Review, voted for Evan McMullen in 2016, and has not publicly said whether or not he voted for Trump in 2020. Of late, he’s been tweeting about:
* The crisis at the border: “Many of the migrants said they had spent their life savings and gone into debt to pay coyotes — human smugglers — who had falsely promised them that the border was open after President Biden’s election” and “A predictable consequence of Biden policy that is basically an invitation to illegal immigrants.
* The U.S. military going woke: “We should eliminate the university degree requirement from the officer corps. It’s dumb to make people get a BA before becoming officers anyway, and it may just make the military leadership less woke.”
* Covid: “Florida is a lot older and did better on an age-adjusted basis.
* Bill Kristol: “Bill Kristol’s fundamental contribution to American public life is that he pushed us into the Iraq War when we were totally unprepared, we didn’t have a strategy, and we didn’t have an exit plan … In a country where that doesn’t end your career, the elite is broken”
He’s also recently given interviews to Seb Gorka and Charlie Kirk, who, of course, are among Trump’s most ardent supporters.
Ohio “Republicans” aren’t anything to get excited about. Kasich, DeWine and Portman being the primary examples. Not a one of them worth a bucket of warm spit.
Peter Thiel was a CO-Founder of PayPal..................
CIA all over him.
And NR and McMuffin?
More than enough said about Vance—and Thiel.
(I didn’t like Trump’s Covid response either.)
RE: (I didn’t like Trump’s Covid response either.)
What did he do wrong? And what would you have done instead?
To make sure Trump isn't the major factor in the Ohio senate race.
Josh Mandel seems to be right in line with Trump doctrine.
I don’t understand why all these people want to jump in, except for the quest for power, or because the RINO/establishment is afraid of Mandel
Josh Mandel is a weenie. There’s really no other way to describe him. Guy gives off a very creepy vibe.
Peter Thiel banned Alex Jones from using Pay Pal.
But, Jim Jordan is and the state legislature is very conservative. So, there isn't any reason why a strong, pro-Trump conservative can't win the seat.
Why else does anyone run for office?
Neat trick considering he left Paypal in 2002.
“But, Jim Jordan is and the state legislature is very conservative. “
Oh, you mean like Larry Holder?
John Boehner came from Ohio too. The Jim Jordan type Republican politician isn’t the norm in Ohio. The people, once you escape the blue dead zones are pretty conservative.
Not had Fauci, Birx, Pence and all the old Big Pharma execs and lobbyists run things—and not have done “Operation Warp Speed”!
Would have had the right people to push the right supplements and simple, proven therapies. Wouldn’t have done the emergency proclamation which led to a stripping Americans’ rights across the country—and the current fascist state.
For starters.
Don’t forget Lt Gov Jon Husted - DeWiner really screwed Husted by announcing his Re-election run AFTER Portman decided to retire.
Husted would have run for the Portman spot if he knew that senile, Corrupt DeWiner was running for Governor in 2022.
Good grief, he even sacrificed himself by catching the covid so he could test out treatments for your good.
Operation Warp Speed would never have been done without President Trump and his vision.
What did he do or didn't do that you didn't like?
PS, you really don't need to answer, because I don't give a fat rat's ass about that kind of an opinion.
Having voted for McMullin is enough for me to give this guy a big thumbs down. Sounds like he’s a Wall Street hack, anyway. Not the type of person we need.
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