Thiel calls Warren the most 'dangerous' Democratic candidate

[DonViejo]

BY JESSICA CAMPISI - 07/16/19 07:58 AM EDT

Billionaire venture capitalist Peter Thiel said Monday night that Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is the most “dangerous” 2020 Democratic presidential candidate.

"I'm most scared by Elizabeth Warren," he told Fox News’s Tucker Carlson. "I think she’s the one who’s actually talking about the economy, which is the only thing that I think matters by far the most."

Thiel, an adviser to President Trump, added that almost all the other nearly two dozen Democratic presidential contenders are “equally unimpressive in the sense that it’s all identity politics of one flavor or another.”

"I wouldn’t want to rank how unimpressive they are, since that would be forcing me to rank the different identities and which one’s more privileged and more special,” he said, “and that would be a dangerous thing to get

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[PoliticAverse]

1. So he thinks she's the one most likely to actually raise his taxes ? n/t

[DonCoquixote]

2. a ringing endorsement

People like Thiel are openly hateful of democracy, so the fact he fears Warren is another reason to put her head and shoulders above the rest.

[DeminPennswoods]

5. Can't disagree

nt

[Volaris]

9. Agreed.

Thiels a prick of the the very highest order, and if he and his ilk fear her this much, she's probably the person I would want running the executive.

[DBoon]

3. I wish he could describe which identity politics Joe Biden represents

Thiel is the perfect model for the evil bad guy in SciFi movies.

The problem is that he actually exists, and has enough money and power to screw the rest of us over.

[LonePirate]

4. Sounds like the perfect endorsement for her.

If he hates her policies, then they are good for America.

[katmondoo]

6. She really must be great if the repubs are afraid of her. Go Elizabeth!!

[Cha]

7. This guy sounds like a

rabid idiot.. you're going to believe him?

Not that I don't think Elizabeth is "impressive".

[wellst0nev0ter]

8. Warren's one-word reply

Link to tweet

[corbettkroehler]

10. Nailed It!

Even though she's not a billionaire, she's smarter than Thiel!