Peter Thiel may sit out the 2024 campaign. Or he may back Ron DeSantis. Who knows?

The gay GOP donor said that the right is too focused on culture war issues, but then he said he might back Ron DeSantis. Which is it?

Peter Thiel speaking with attendees at the 2022 Converge Tech Summit
Photo: Gage Skidmore – Wikimedia Commons

Peter Thiel, the gay billionaire who spent a small fortune funding his protege Blake Masters’ failed Senate campaign in Arizona last year, has declared that he’s sworn off donating to Republican candidates in 2024.

Or maybe not.

According to a Reuters report, Thiel, who donated to Donald Trump’s campaign in 2016 when almost no one else would, is fed up with the GOP’s focus on the culture war for his reluctance to open his wallet. The report cites an unnamed “business associate” who says that Thiel is upset with the party’s focus on abortion and transgender equality issues. Thiel reportedly thinks Republicans should be focused more on economic issues

There’s a lot of reason to doubt this particular spin on Thiel’s intentions. For one thing, Thiel has never shown any particular concern for the LGBTQ+ community before. As a primetime speaker at the 2016 Republican convention, Thiel didn’t condemn the party’s blossoming anti-trans bathroom efforts. He dismissed them as “a distraction” and said…

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