{"id":1247708,"date":"2022-01-27T14:37:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T19:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1247708"},"modified":"2022-01-27T14:37:49","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T19:37:49","slug":"big-money-donor-peter-thiel-hosts-fundraiser-for-liz-cheneys-primary-opponent-harriet-hageman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-money-donor-peter-thiel-hosts-fundraiser-for-liz-cheneys-primary-opponent-harriet-hageman\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Money Donor Peter Thiel Hosts Fundraiser for Liz Cheney&#039;s Primary Opponent,\u00a0Harriet Hageman"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbig-money-donor-peter-thiel-hosts-fundraiser-for-liz-cheneys-primary-opponent-harriet-hageman%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1247708&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Venture capitalist and Republican megadonor Peter Thiel on Wednesday hosted a fundraiser for Democrat-allied Rep. Liz Cheney\u2019s (R-WV) primary opponent,&nbsp;Harriet Hageman.<\/p>\n<p>Hageman, who has been picking up momentum to defeat Cheney in a crowded race, won the much-coveted financial backing of Thiel.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>During the event held in Thiel\u2019s Florida home, the&nbsp;megadonor reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politicoalex\/status\/1486497255624429571?s=20\">called<\/a> Cheney the \u201cringleader\u201d of the \u201ctreasonous ten\u201d in reference to those House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe way we\u2019re going to defeat the left, the way we\u2019re going to roll them back, it\u2019s going to start in the Republican Party,\u201d Thiel reportedly said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16219022\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Peter-Thiel-filephoto-nov12018-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16219022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Peter-Thiel-filephoto-nov12018-getty.jpg\" alt=\"NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 01: Peter Thiel, Partner, Founders Fund, speaks at the New York Times DealBook conference on November 1, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Stephanie Keith\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Peter Thiel, Partner speaks at the New York Times DealBook conference on November 1, 2018 in New York City. (Stephanie Keith\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s where we have some problems, we\u2019ve got to clean house there first,\u201d Thiel added about his strategy to push the GOP towards American First policies.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19125170\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Liz-Cheney-Getty-e1639488540345.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19125170\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Liz-Cheney-Getty-e1639488540345.jpg\" alt=\"Liz Cheney (Anna Moneymaker \/ Getty)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), vice-chair of the select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol, speaks during a business meeting on Capitol Hill on Capitol Hill on December 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Thiel\u2019s fundraiser for&nbsp;Hageman comes as a January straw poll <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/23\/liz-cheney-loses-wyoming-straw-poll-trump-backed-harriet-hageman\/\">revealed<\/a> Hageman holds a commanding lead over Cheney.<\/p>\n<p>By secret ballot, Hageman earned 59 votes and Cheney only was given 53. The poll was conducted by the Wyoming Republican State Central Committee among GOP activists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a good sign. It\u2019s not an endorsement, but these are the county activists,\u201d&nbsp;Hageman said of the poll.<\/p>\n<p>Hageman also told Breitbart News that Cheney does not represent the priorities of Wyoming\u2019s voters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiz Cheney has lost Wyoming. Liz Cheney doesn\u2019t live in Wyoming. She doesn\u2019t represent us. She doesn\u2019t represent our values,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>In November, the Wyoming Republican Party&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/15\/wyoming-republican-party-votes-liz-cheney-no-longer-recognized-as-republican\/\">voted<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;no longer recognize Cheney as a Republican.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gettr.com\/user\/wendellhusebo\">Gettr<\/a>&nbsp;@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venture capitalist and Republican megadonor Peter Thiel on Wednesday hosted a fundraiser for Democrat-allied Rep. Liz Cheney\u2019s (R-WV) primary opponent,\u00a0Harriet Hageman. 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