Peter teal has given more than ten million dollars each in the primary, which is a lot of money. By having him there as as this anchor donor, that helps them bring in additional money and creates a centre of gravity around both candidates. And i think play an important role, not just in bringing additional funding to those guys, but to getting trump to endorse both of them. We saw that during the republican national convention when teal gave this speech - he really only gave it reluctantly because he didn't want to talk about his sexual orientation publicly. It was designed to say, it's ok too to kind of go along with some of the a dog whistling and and the anti politics
From politicians to podcasters, one man’s money unites the New Right. Bloomberg’s Max Chafkin explains how Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel is shaping the fledgling conservative movement in his own image.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey and Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel King.
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