BREAKING : Trump Backer Peter Thiel Considering Run for California Governor
SAN JOSE — Peter Thiel, the quirky billionaire who was one of the few high-profile Silicon Valley supporters of President-elect Donald Trump, is considering running for governor of California in 2018, Politico reported today.
The news organization attributed the story to “three Republicans familiar with his thinking.”
Politico said the 49-year-old Thiel, a San Francisco resident who co-founded PayPal in 1999 and was an early investor in Facebook, has been discussing a possible bid with a small circle of advisers including Rob Morrow, who Politico said “has emerged as his political consigliere.” Morrow has worked at San Francisco-based Clarium Capital, an investment management firm and hedge fund founded by Thiel.
But Politico also reported that some people who have been in touch with Thiel recently are skeptical that he’ll jump into the race. They noted that he is a famously private man who lives in a state where anti-Trump sentiment is rampant. Democrat Hillary Clinton trounced the New York billionaire by 2-1 here.
Neither Thiel nor a representative responded to Politico’s requests for comment.
The speculation is fueled by the fact that Thiel this week granted a rare interview to Maureen Dowd, the New York Times columnist.
H/T – EastBayTimes
Peter Thiel’s Speech at the 2016 RNC Convention
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Maybe the hildebeast and her perv will move to cally and run for governor. They deserve it.
NO! WE DO NOT DESERVE IT!!! WE’VE HAD ENOUGH!!!
WE CONSERVATIVES ARE IN DYING NEED OF A REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR!
I WAS BORN IN CALIFORNIA AND I WILL STAND UP FOR AND LIVE TO
SEE ITS REPUBLIC ARISE AGAIN!! I HOPE THEY CLONE THE GOLDEN BEAR SO
ITS IMAGE ON OUR FLAG REPRESENTS ONCE AGAIN A LIVING, BREATHING
VIABLE, SELF SUFFICIENT, SOVEREIGN AND STRONG REPUBLIC!!!
Having lived in California, he’ll have a battle, the marxist will make it difficult for him. I hope he does and wins. One can only hope.
But if CA is flooding illegal voters to vote in droves, (and dead, and multiple votes per person bussed around), how did CA come up with 2-1 ratio in HildaBeasts favor?? And if you go back to License ID only/paper ballot, would that change the outcome … or is CA so far left even that wouldn’t help?
Should bring a big boost to fully legal marijuana industry.