The winner of Arizona's Republican primary will likely go on to play a key role in the GOP’s attempt to flip the Senate.
one of Thiel’s lectures. The two coauthored a book on tech start-ups and Masters went on to work in various parts of Thiel’s tech empire––his only post-college work experience, aside from a software startup that the billionaire also invested in––becoming the COO of Thiel Capital, a position he still holds.
Both Vance’s and Masters’s campaigns were kick-started by exuberant donations from Thiel, with the tech billionaire giving $13.5 million to a Masters super PAC. Both focus on conservative culture-war issues, but openly avow some more traditionally left-wing positions, such as anti-interventionism abroad, support for child subsidies, and a desire to reindustrialize the U.S.
That Vance was able to eke out a victory, despite trailing significantly in the early months of his primary, might go a long way to explain Trump’s endorsement.a political consultant based in Arizona, suggested that Trump’s decision has to do with Thiel’s deep pockets and close relationship with Trump. “Here you have some rich dude from Northern California who waltzes in and says, ‘I’m going to buy a U.S. Senate seat,’” said Rose, who is a longtime Brnovich supporter.
Others have more ideological theories; he wants to create a “small but loud” “America First” caucus in the Senate,. “If four or five of them get elected this fall, Trumpworld believes that this is a way to show Republicans these New Right candidates are willing to fight and are not going to apologize,” Mackowiak said. “They’re going to stand up, be reliable, and not fold or become establishment squishes, in the eyes of Trumpworld.
None of this has stopped the race’s other candidates from participating in the all out Trump lovefest. Trump
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