Fascist billionaire Peter Thiel Credit: Dan Taylor
Billionaire Republican donor Peter Thiel is bankrolling election conspiracists and primary challengers against Republicans who backed Donald Trump’s impeachment after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, including an Arizona Senate candidate who is literally on his payroll.
Thiel, the Facebook board member who co-founded PayPal and later the controversial data-mining company Palantir, has long been a top Republican benefactor, donating millions to GOP candidates and political action committees. But in the wake of Trump’s 2020 defeat, Thiel has grown more aggressive in his political investments, dropping more than $20 million to support two far-right Senate candidates and helping to fund primary challengers against Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and other Republicans who called for Trump’s removal after the deadly riot.
“He wants to be the patron of the Trump wing of the Republican Party,” said Max Chafkin, a Bloomberg reporter and author of “The Contrarian: […]
“But in the wake of Trump’s 2020 defeat, Thiel has grown more aggressive in his political investments, dropping more than $20 million to support two far-right Senate candidates and helping to fund primary challengers against Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and other Republicans who called for Trump’s removal after the deadly riot.”
Investments. This is the appropriate lens to use. The wealthy use politicians as investments. Politics is a business decision for them. The rest of us pay a high price.