Associated Press
CLEVELAND: High-tech entrepreneur Peter Thiel says he’s proud to be gay and proud to be a Republican — but most of all, proud to be an American.
And that declaration won Thiel loud cheers at the Republican convention.
The PayPal co-founder is the first person to give a GOP convention speech and acknowledge being gay.
“I am proud to be gay. I am proud to be a Republican. But most of all I am proud to be an American,” Thiel said.
Thiel also said the culture wars are distracting Americans from important economic issues. He says debates over transgender people and bathrooms are “a distraction from our real problems.”
