J.D. Vance’s Victory in Ohio Is a Huge Win for Peter Thiel’s Political Movement

Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel’s endeavor to become the kingmaker of the so-called New Right had a big electoral victory Tuesday night, when J.D. Vance, a 37-year-old Ivy League academic turned populist firebrand, won the GOP primary in Ohio’s U.S. Senate race. Thiel, the billionaire cofounder of PayPal who pumped $15 million into a super PAC backing Vance, has said he’s devoting his political activism, and donations, toward politicians who fit his MAGA-loving, Big Tech–libertarian mold. If Vance wins the general election (a likely outcome, as Donald Trump won Ohio comfortably in 2016 and 2020), he will give more political… Read Full Article