Peter Thiel is a CL. He believes that everything good produced by society is created by visionary entrepreneurs like himself, who should consequently be freed from taxes and regulations to the maximum extent possible. The rest of us are just along for the ride. J.D. Vance is running for the Senate in Ohio as a reactionary populist; he argues that the common people of this country have been betrayed by our cultural, governmental, and business elites, and promises to shake up the system for the benefit of struggling workers in dying industries.
Thiel has contributed $10 million to the Vance campaign. This is an apparent mismatch. Either Thiel is making a terrible investment, or Vance is misrepresenting his actual views. My guess is that it is (b); you can expect to see Vance advocating for tax cuts for big business if he gets elected.