Posted on 09/15/2016 7:52:04 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The eccentric billionaire endorsed Trump in a speech at the Republican National Convention this summer.
Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel spoke at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this summer. Sources say GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump would nominate Thiel to the Supreme Court.
Donald Trump has made it clear he will nominate Peter Thiel to the Supreme Court if he wins the presidency, Thiel has told friends, according to a source close to the PayPal co-founder.
Trump “deeply loves Peter Thiel,” and people in the real estate mogul’s inner circle are talking about Thiel as a Supreme Court nominee, a separate source close to Trump told The Huffington Post. That source, who has not spoken to Trump directly about Thiel being nominated to the Court, cautioned that Trump’s offers often fail to materialize in real life.
It’s not clear whether Trump has indeed offered to nominate Thiel ― only that Thiel has said Trump would nominate him and that Trump’s team has discussed Thiel as a possible nominee. Both sources requested anonymity, given that Trump and Thiel have each demonstrated a willingness to seek revenge against parties they feel have wronged them. In Thiel’s case, he secretly financed lawsuits against Gawker.com with the intention of destroying the publication. He succeeded, and his role in the assault was only revealed in the final stages.
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So far the only person saying this is Thiel himself. Trump’s people are denying it. If Trump did nominate him then I predict it’d get shot down faster than the Harriet Miers nomination was.
they are really trying hard to scare conservatives with this hit piece. Didn’t Trump come up with a pretty good list of names a few months back?
I only posted it because I love that scene from Silicon Valley, and Peter Thiel was one of the inspirations for the character.
“Does he even have a legal background?”
No. This story is pure BS.
SCOTUS appointees need a law degree first, and to know the Constitution and be prepared to follow it to the letter.
Anyone in this forum who believes this story, or worse, thinks Thiel is a good idea for SCOTUS, needs a sound spanking.
Oops. My bad. Others say he does have a law degree, but was turned down for clerk positions. So he has no law **experience**.
I’m ready for my spanking now. :-)
Trump has released his list of Scotus nominees. If Thiel’s not on the list, then he’ll have to await the others being turned down by the Senate.
Trump has released his list of Scotus nominees. If Thiel’s not on the list, then he’ll have to await the others being turned down by the Senate.
I agree.
#1 job of SCOTUS is to understand and follow the Constitution. So who can do that the best?
I’d like to see a Walter Williams/Sowell/Napolitano type.
He and his buddy Anonymous seem to know everything about everybody.......
i suspect it is a HuffPost plant trying to undermine Trump’s voter base
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Exactly.
It’s bad enough I had to listen to this pervert during the GOP Convention.
fortunately, Trump’s office is denying the rumor
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-campaign-peter-thiel-not-141602713.html
I agree. And I hear Trump eats with publicans and tax collectors.
Trump’s denying the rumor about Thiel now
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-campaign-peter-thiel-not-141602713.html
Sowell would be magnificent, even if we have him for only a few more years.
The internet does have its good points, does it not?
yes the internet has its good points
it would be far better if it did not contain any mention of Soros, Obama, Pelosi, HilLIARy, Abbas, Iran, or Kerry
“i will wait for confirmation of this story
“i suspect it is a HuffPost plant trying to undermine Trump’s voter base”
EXACTLY!! A little psyops by HuffPo. Nothing new to them.
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>> “this is baloney.” <<
Or it could be stale head cheese.
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Why would Thiel even want to be a supreme?
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