During a conversation with CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin at the Aspen Ideas Festival, venture capitalist Peter Thiel said he would vote for former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. A former backer of Trump, Thiel said he would do so begrudgingly. NBCUniversal News Group is the media partner of Aspen Ideas Festival.
Republicans are shook over Democrats’ fundraising efforts, and we’re starting to see them look for ways to change the momentum. One sign? Sen. JD Vance is pushing his billionaire benefactor and mentor, Peter Thiel, to throw his financial heft behind the Trump campaign.
And without subpoena power of his own, Vance has also been forced to take a different approach than House Republicans and Republican attorneys general, who’ve opened investigations into the fundraising platform ActBlue, which Democrats have used to notch historic fundraising hauls since Vice President Kamala Harris entrance into the race.
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