Trump VP Pick JD Vance Urges Billionaire Peter Thiel to 'Get Off the Sidelines' and Financially Support the Former President's 2024 Campaign

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JD Vance urges billionaire Peter Thiel to "get off the sidelines" and financially support Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. In an interview with the Financial Times, Vance noted Thiel's conservative values. Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, financially supported Donald Trump's 2016 campaign with $1.25 million and later contributed $15 million to JD Vance's successful Senate bid. Thiel stated in June that he would not financially support Trump's super PAC in 2024 but would choose Trump over President Joe Biden if forced to decide.
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00:00It's Benzinga, and here's what's on the block.
00:02J.D. Vance is urging billionaire Peter Thiel to get off the sidelines and financially support
00:07Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign.
00:10In an interview with the Financial Times, Vance noted Thiel's conservative values.
00:14Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, financially supported Donald Trump's 2016
00:19campaign with $1.25 million and later contributed $15 million to J.D. Vance's successful Senate
00:25bid.
00:26Thiel stated in June that he would not financially support Trump's Super PAC in 2024, but would
00:31choose Trump over President Joe Biden if forced to decide.
00:34For all things money, visit Benzinga.com.

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