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Thiel’s Midterm Hangover & More Hakeemology

News on Thiel’s Arizona “blackpilling” and Hakeem Jeffries’ first great Democracy Alliance donor gauntlet.

Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel is profoundly disappointed by the fate of Blake Masters, who lost a race that some Republicans thought was, at one point, eminently winnable, sources told Teddy. Photo: Tasos Katopodis/WireImage
Theodore Schleifer
November 30, 2022

One of the great sources of chatter in G.O.P. donor circles, as I’ve reported, is what role Peter Thiel will play in the 2024 campaign cycle and beyond. Thiel was the singular financial backer behind Senate candidates J.D. Vance, now Senator-elect in Ohio, and Blake Masters, who lost in Arizona. Republicans have been squinting for months to assess whether Thiel was for real when it came to electoral politics, and what his split result in the midterms might portend for his interest going forward.