Why else should a Silicon Valley billionaire give 300k to someone running for attorney general in a Missouri? Is he just interested in justice being pursued in a small Midwestern state he doesn't live in, that he is neither from, nor studied in, nor has his major business interests in?
$300,000 is a sizable donation for someone running for attorney general in a low key state.
According to Forbes' estimates, Thiel is worth about $2.8 billion. Donating $300,000 for him is proportional to giving maybe $30 for a normal upper-middle class person.
I'm just saying, Thiel giving a small (for him) donation to some random AG doesn't necessarily mean he's particularly interested in that race.
I would guess he has given equal or larger donations to many other politicians and political action committees.
I agree, especially since he gave the same amount to every State AG in the country. He did, right?
he gave all what he could - sounds different from "gave a small (for him) donation" :)
This is true. It's also true that it's an utterly trivial amount of money to somebody like Peter Thiel.
Also, I doubt that most Missourian voters care nearly as much about fighting Google as they care about jailing local criminals.
Also, even if there is no connection, it doesn't seem "clickbait"y. The article is probably drawing a tenuous connection, but it seems straightforward in it's attempt.