{"id":1947438,"date":"2023-06-14T17:42:07","date_gmt":"2023-06-14T21:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billionaire-gop-donor-says-the-ideal-candidate-for-2024-isnt-in-race-yet\/"},"modified":"2023-06-14T17:43:05","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T21:43:05","slug":"billionaire-gop-donor-says-the-ideal-candidate-for-2024-isnt-in-race-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billionaire-gop-donor-says-the-ideal-candidate-for-2024-isnt-in-race-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Billionaire GOP donor seeks yet-to-emerge &#8217;24 candidate."},"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\">14<\/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%2Fbillionaire-gop-donor-says-the-ideal-candidate-for-2024-isnt-in-race-yet%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=1947438&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--><h2>Billionaire GOP Donor Says the &#8216;Ideal Candidate&#8217; for 2024 Isn&#8217;t in Race Yet<\/h2>\n<p>A Republican Party mega-donor and one of the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-political-activism-and-influence-of-bill-gates\/\" title=\"The Political Activism And Influence of Bill Gates\">wealthiest men<\/a> says the \u201cideal candidate\u201d has not yet entered the 2024 presidential race.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hungarys-pm-orban-elected-4-years-victory-international-left-soros-empire-mainstream-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hungarian<\/a>-born billionaire Thomas Peterffy told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/video\/6329361398112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Business<\/a> on Tuesday that his man is Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with network host Neil Cavuto, Peterffy said Youngkin is an attractive potential candidate because he offers the GOP a chance to reach voters in the middle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to vote for a person who, in my view, is most likely to be able to win the general election,\u201d he told Cavuto. \u201cAnd accordingly, we have to pick somebody in the primaries that we believe is most likely to win the general.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No one in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-handed-good-news-indictment-lead-gop-primary-now-insurmountable-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the current field<\/a> fits that description, Peterffy said.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire told Cavuto the right candidate \u201cis going to be a person that I believe is more likely to be a centrist candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that <strong>Glenn Youngkin<\/strong> would be an ideal candidate, although it is not very likely that he\u2019s going to run. Not at this point, certainly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He further expounded on what he likes about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-dad-transgender-kid-youngkin-says-boys-shouldnt-girls-sports\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia\u2019s governor<\/a>, who won a shocking election in 2021 and campaigned on the issue of parental rights in education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that he is the person that most people will find very, very attractive,\u201d Peterffy said.<\/p>\n<h3>Would you like to see Youngkin run for president?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cAnd he, of course, goes along with the main Republican ideals of individual freedom and economic freedom. And that\u2019s where the issue basically is. And less regulation, smaller government, etc,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-pulls-thousands-of-youtube-channels-linked-to-brazil-russia-china\/\" title=\"Google Pulls Thousands of YouTube Channels \"Linked\" to Brazil, Russia, China\">billionaire added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/youngkin-accepts-challenge-play-basketball-game-dem-fbi-watching\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Youngkin<\/a> has offered no indication he intends to enter the race for the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Peterffy also said he ultimately wants to see the U.S. avoid an embrace of socialism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI grew up in a socialist country, and I\u2019m deathly afraid of ending up in the same situation, and I will do practically anything to avoid it,\u201d he told Fox Business.<\/p>\n<p>He also said he is a fan of presidential hopeful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/vivek-ramaswamy-lands-miami-support-trump-drops-fiery-ultimatum-2024-candidates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a> but he wants to see how the businessman performs in the primary debates.<\/p>\n<p>As far as the current leader in polling, Peterffy said, \u201cI don\u2019t think <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> can win the general.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peterffy was born in Hungary and moved to the U.S. in 1965 at the age of 21, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/profile\/thomas-peterffy\/?sh=3b812c511c0f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Forbes<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>He made his fortune in stocks and bonds after he founded the company Interactive Brokers in 1993.<\/p>\n<p>Peterffy was listed as the world\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/billionaire-gop-donor-says-the-ideal-candidate-for-2024-isnt-in-race-yet\/\" title=\"Billionaire GOP donor seeks yet-to-emerge '24 candidate.\">57th wealthiest man<\/a> this year with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cardi-b-mariah-carey-complain-of-racial-discrimination-pay-disparity\/\" title=\"Cardi B, Mariah Carey Complain Of Racial Discrimination, Pay Disparity\">estimated net worth<\/a> of $25.3 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/billionaire-gop-donor-says-ideal-candidate-2024-isnt-race-yet\/\">Billionaire GOP Donor Says the &#8216;Ideal Candidate&#8217; for 2024 Isn&#8217;t in Race Yet<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican candidate for the 2024 presidential race, according to Hungarian-born billionaire Thomas Peterffy. Peterffy believes that Glenn Youngkin, the Republican Virginia Gov., possesses the qualities of an &#8220;ideal candidate.&#8221; Speaking on Fox Business, Peterffy expressed his admiration for Youngkin&#8217;s appeal and potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":1947439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[11999,5684,4076,6498,6203,3814,28658],"class_list":["post-1947438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","tag-11999","tag-billionaire","tag-candidate","tag-donor","tag-gop","tag-seeks","tag-yet-to-emerge"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1947439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}