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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,192 posts)
Sun Sep 11, 2022, 07:58 PM Sep 2022

Billionaire investor and Trump megadonor Peter Thiel praises Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as 'the best

of the governors for offering 'a real alternative to California'

AVENTURA, Florida — Billionaire investor Peter Thiel on Sunday said he feared Republicans were too focused on bashing liberal states such as California, when they should instead be offering a "positive agenda" for the future of the party.

In a speech delivered at the National Conservatism Conference, Thiel painted a bleak picture of his home state of California and said at least one governor was going about alternative policymaking the right way: Florida's Ron DeSantis.

"DeSantis in Florida is probably the best of the governors in terms of offering a real alternative to California," Thiel said, speaking before a crowd of attendees at the JW Marriott Miami Turnberry Resort.

But Thiel also had one major disclaimer, saying that he worried about how expensive housing in Florida had become. Thiel said he bought an $18 million home in Miami in 2020 that was now worth about $35 million. A test for the state's policies, he said, would be whether housing prices fall.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/billionaire-investor-and-trump-megadonor-peter-thiel-praises-florida-gov-ron-desantis-as-the-best-of-the-governors-for-offering-a-real-alternative-to-california/ar-AA11IjLX

How does Peter Thiel as a gay male feel about DeSantis's "Don't say gay" law? His support makes about as much sense Jews for Nazism or chickens for Colonel Sanders.
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Billionaire investor and Trump megadonor Peter Thiel praises Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as 'the best (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2022 OP
Thiel the Collaborator atreides1 Sep 2022 #1
Housing prices will fall when half of the state is wiped out by climate change Walleye Sep 2022 #2
Their jealousy of California's success is very transparent. canuckledragger Sep 2022 #3
Speaking of Thiel blueinredohio Sep 2022 #4

atreides1

(16,093 posts)
1. Thiel the Collaborator
Sun Sep 11, 2022, 08:05 PM
Sep 2022

Thiel is no different then any other Quisling...he's more then willing to betray the gay community, as long as he gets a seat at the table of those who he wants to be in power!!!

canuckledragger

(1,666 posts)
3. Their jealousy of California's success is very transparent.
Sun Sep 11, 2022, 08:19 PM
Sep 2022

The US right has nothing like it on their side, with things like Cali's economy being around 5-6th largest in the world and such.

All DeathSantis can offer is racism, bigotry and a state that will soon mostly be reclaimed by the ocean.

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