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☆ Vivek Ramaswamy, the candidate with the least political experience, once attended a town hall where he asked why Americans should vote for the candidate with the least political experience
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Al Sharpton why he should vote for him given his lack of formal political experience. Twenty years later, Ramaswamy is now a GOP presidential candidate with no political experience. In the clip, Ramaswamy, who was a college student at Harvard University at the time, asked then-Democratic presidential candidate Rev. "Of all the Democratic candidates out there," Ramaswamy asked, "why should I vote for the one with the least political experience?" At the first GOP presidential debate, candidates took turns throughout the night to try and discredit Ramaswamy over his experience.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Al Sharpton, Ramaswamy, Sharpton, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley Organizations: Harvard University, GOP, Service, Democratic, United Locations: Wall, Silicon, Milwaukee , Wisconsin, United States, FiveThirtyEight's, America

But Mr. Ramaswamy’s retelling of the anecdote was sharply contradicted by the observations of a New York Times reporter who covered both events. The reporter witnessed the audience in Chicago pepper Mr. Ramaswamy about reparations, systemic racism and his opposition to affirmative action. Immigration was barely mentioned during the formal program. It was so absent that a Ramaswamy campaign aide at one point pleaded for questions on the issue. With that prompting, a single Republican consultant stood up to question Mr. Ramaswamy on his proposals.

Persons: Ramaswamy, “, ” Organizations: Chicago, New York Times, Immigration Locations: Indianola , Iowa, Chicago

☆ Who are candidates participating in the first Republican presidential debate?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

[1/9] Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as he campaigns at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. August 12, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Ten Republican candidates are seeking their party's nomination to take on Democratic President Joe Biden in the November 2024 election. In a sign of his extraordinary hold on his party, just two rivals at the first Republican presidential debate said they would not support him as the nominee if he were convicted. Haley has gained a reputation in the Republican Party as a solid conservative who has the ability to address issues of gender and race in a more credible fashion than many of her peers. Still, his name recognition remains limited outside Arkansas and he earned no support among Republicans polled by Reuters/Ipsos.

Persons: Donald Trump, Evelyn Hockstein, Joe Biden, DONALD TRUMP Donald Trump, Trump, RON DESANTIS, DeSantis, MIKE, Jan, Pence, VIVEK RAMASWAMY, Ramaswamy, NIKKI HALEY, Haley, TIM SCOTT, Scott, ASA HUTCHINSON, Hutchinson, CHRIS CHRISTIE Christie, Trump's, Christie, DOUG BURGUM Burgum, HURD, Hurd, Suarez, Susan Heavey, Ross Colvin, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Republican, Fair, REUTERS, Rights, Democratic, Justice Department, Twitter, Trump, U.S, Capitol, Christian, White, United Nations, Biden, Republican Party, TIM, Black Republican U.S, Reuters, ASA, White House, New, Republicans, Microsoft Corp, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, China, Florida, Indiana, South Carolina, Arkansas, New Jersey, Texas

☆ Opinion | When I Tell You Nikki Haley Is Pathetic, That’s an Understatement
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Frank Bruni | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But I have this thing called a memory, and as one of my favorite classic rock bands pledged, I won’t get fooled again. Past Haley, present Haley, future Haley: They’re all constructs, all creations, malleable, negotiable, tethered not to dependable principle but to reliable opportunism. That’s the hell of her. She has undeniable smarts and formidable talent, as Vivek Ramaswamy learned. She treated his so-called foreign policy as so many nonsense words scrawled with crayon in a toddler’s coloring book.

Persons: Nikki Haley, —, Donald Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy —, Haley, They’re, Vivek Ramaswamy Locations: Milwaukee

☆ Vivek Ramaswamy thinks college applications should include a 1-mile run and other parts of the Presidential Fitness Test
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy suggested an additional criteria for college applicants. He said colleges should screen applicants on their physical fitness, such as their 1-mile run time. Ramaswamy noted the idea wasn't part of his campaign platform, but is a "serious proposal." To combat this, the candidate said that College Board should "add a physical fitness section to the SAT, instead of just math and reading sections," and noted the section could possibly resemble the former Presidential Fitness Test which consisted of a 1-mile run, sit-ups, pull-ups, and more. Ramaswamy has also previously noted that if he makes it to the White House, he'd tap Musk as a potential adviser.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, Donald Trump —, Trump, Ramaswamy sqaurely, Ron DeSantis, he's, Elon Musk Organizations: Service, Twitter, Trump, Florida Gov, House, SpaceX, GOP, White Locations: Wall, Silicon

Former biotech executive Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at the first Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 23, 2023. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Aug 28 (Reuters) - U.S. rapper Eminem has asked Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, a multimillionaire former biotech executive, to not use his music during his presidential campaign, according to a letter disclosed on Monday. "BMI has received a communication from Marshall B. Mathers, III, professionally known as Eminem, objecting to the Vivek Ramaswamy campaign's use of Eminem's musical composition (the "Eminem Works") and requesting that BMI remove all Eminem Works from the Agreement," BMI says in the letter. Ramaswamy's campaign told CNN it will comply with the request to stop using Eminem's music. The 38-year-old tech entrepreneur was at the center of many of last week's first Republican primary debate's most dramatic moments.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Brian Snyder, Eminem, Ramaswamy's, Marshall B, Mathers, III, Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Trump, Tucker Carlson, Kanishka Singh, Leslie Adler Organizations: Republican, REUTERS, Rights, Daily Mail, BMI, CNN, Florida Governor, Trump, Fox News, Thomson Locations: Milwaukee , Wisconsin, U.S, Florida, Washington

☆ Alphabet moonshots are ready for launch
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Anita Ramaswamy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Alphabet logo and AI Artificial Intelligence words are seen in this illustration taken, May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Aug 29 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Alphabet (GOOGL.O) is poised to welcome the autumn harvest. Verily boss Stephen Gillett told employees this month that it will cut its ties to several of Alphabet’s services next year. Such a financial services business strays from Alphabet’s wheelhouse, and with artificial intelligence demanding fresh attention, it’s wise to be prudent about capital allocation. Waymo, the autonomous vehicle technology business, secured a vote of approval this month from San Francisco to operate driverless rideshares in the city.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Ruth Porat, Morgan Stanley, ”, Stephen Gillett, wheelhouse, Chris Hohn’s, Ford, Porat, Verily, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Aditya Sriwatsav Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Life Sciences, Wall Street Journal, Temasek, TCI Fund Investments, Google, Sciences, Wall, Thomson Locations: San Francisco

☆ Eminem is teaching Vivek Ramaswamy not to mess with the real Slim Shady, sending a cease-and-desist letter to get the presidential candidate to stop rapping his music on the campaign trail
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vivek Ramaswamy's days as a rapping presidential candidate may be over. Ramaswamy's campaign received a request from rap star Eminem to stop using his music. Tricia McLaughlin, Ramaswamy's campaign spokesperson, told CNN they will comply with Eminem's request to stop using his music. @Eminem," Ramaswamy quipped in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday. Representatives for Eminem, Ramaswamy, and BMI did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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☆ Eminem tells GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy to stop rapping his music
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Stefan Sykes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Rapper Eminem has demanded Vivek Ramaswamy stop using his music on the campaign trail — and the Republican presidential candidate looks ready to let the issue go. In a cease-and-desist order sent to Ramaswamy's lawyer on Aug. 23, music publisher BMI said Eminem took issue with the use of his music during Ramaswamy's campaign events. In response, the Ramaswamy campaign signaled the GOP hopeful will not perform the song again. To the American people's chagrin, we will have to leave the rapping to the real slim shady," a spokesperson for the Ramaswamy campaign told NBC News. Many politicians have been sent similar cease-and-desist orders in past election cycles over their campaign song choices.

Persons: Eminem, Vivek Ramaswamy, BMI, Ramaswamy, Eminem's, Marshall B, Mathers, III, Vivek, Donald Trump, Adele, Pharrell Williams Organizations: Roll Hall, Microsoft Theater, Republican, Fair, BMI, NBC News, Daily Mail, GOP, NBC Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Donald Trump, 2024 and the Reasoning Republican Voter
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Allysia Finley | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Journal Editorial Report: GOP candidates square off in first primary debate and clash over aid to Ukraine. Image: Win McNamee/Getty ImagesSay this much for Vivek Ramaswamy: He has an impressive aptitude for attracting attention. Last Monday he tweeted a video of himself shirtless and slugging tennis balls. (It wasn’t clear whether his shots landed in.) The caption: “Three hours of solid debate prep this morning.” His lack of actual debate prep showed in his amateurish performance Wednesday evening.

Persons: Win McNamee, Vivek Ramaswamy Locations: Ukraine

☆ Elon Musk says Vivek Ramaswamy should be the GOP's VP pick for the 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Elon Musk says Vivek Ramaswamy should be the running mate of whoever becomes the GOP's 2024 pick. "He should get it imo," Musk wrote on Twitter on Sunday. Musk was responding to a tweet speculating that Ramaswamy "wants the VP pick." This time, he says he's throwing his weight behind the idea of GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy for vice president. On Sunday, right-wing blogger Mike Cernovich wrote on X — the social media platform previously known as Twitter — that "Vivek is powerful."

Persons: Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Musk, Ramaswamy, he's, Mike Cernovich, X, Vivek, Ashley St, We've, Clair, He's, Eminem, Ayanna Pressley, Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, Donald Trump Organizations: Twitter, Service, Republican, GOP, Fox News, Democratic, Florida Gov, Republicans Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ashley, Clair, St, Jacksonville , Florida, Iowa, Florida

☆ Rep. Ayanna Pressley says GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy isn't 'occupying any real estate in my mind' after he compared her to 'modern grand wizards' of the KKK
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ayanna Pressley on Sunday hit back at Vivek Ramaswamy after he compared her to a KKK grand wizard. In making his comments last week, Ramaswamy argued that Pressley and Kendi didn't embrace diversity of opinion among members of minority groups. Al Sharpton, Pressley firmly rejected Ramaswamy's remarks, calling his words "dangerous." … We don't need any more brown faces that don't want to be a brown voice," Pressley said during the event. "We don't need any more Black faces that don't want to be a Black voice."

Persons: Ayanna Pressley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, Ibram, Ramaswamy —, United States —, Pressley, Kendi, Al Sharpton, Ramaswamy's, Sharpton, brutalized, Ali Velshi Organizations: Service, Republican, Democratic Rep, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Capitol, Boston City Council, Representatives, Ku Klux, MSNBC Locations: Iowa, Wall, Silicon, Ayanna Pressley of, India, United States, Charlottesville, Virginia

Now I’m sure you’re going to say the same thing about my beloved F-35s, B-21s, SSN-774s and so on. Gail: That reminds me — during the Republican debate, when the candidates were asked to raise their hands if they believed human activity causes climate change, nobody was brave enough to do it. I know you don’t agree with our friend Ramaswamy, who called the climate change agenda “a hoax.” But do you feel yourself moving toward our oh-lord-this-is-a-world-crisis side? Conservatives could have something meaningful to contribute if they acknowledged that climate change was real and that big-government solutions aren’t the way to go. We could support a carbon tax and offset it with a reduction in income tax.

Persons: Gail, it’ll, Bret, they’d, me, Haley, Ramaswamy, Teddy Roosevelt Organizations: Republican, biodiesels Locations: California, San Francisco, San Jose, Burbank, United States

☆ Opinion | Vivek Ramaswamy Is Very Annoying. It’s Why He’s Surging in the Polls.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Cupp called him, in a column: “Obnoxious. The Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight and Ipsos polled likely Republican primary voters before and after last week’s debate. Following his performance, Ramaswamy’s favorability rating rose from 50 percent to 60 percent, even though his unfavorability rating rose even more, from 13 percent to 32 percent. Participants in a CNN focus group of Iowa Republicans declared him the debate’s winner, as did a poll released on Thursday from JL Partners. The day after the debate, his campaign reportedly raised more than $1 million.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Josh Barro, Ramaswamy, Vivek, CNN’s, Cupp, Matt Lewis, Seinfeld, Ipsos, Donald Trump, pollsters, Trump, Fox News’s “, ”, Ron DeSantis, Lyndon Johnson’s, ’ ”, Paul Ryan Organizations: Republican, Trump, Daily, Republican Party, The Washington Post, CNN, Iowa Republicans, JL Partners, Fox Locations: Harvard, Florida

☆ Instacart’s mixed bag has valuation opportunities
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Anita Ramaswamy | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

If it doesn’t push valuation too hard, a public listing could be seamless. Instacart booked net income in 2022, a rarity for a growth company hitting the public market. That brings Instacart’s enterprise value to roughly $17 billion, less than half of what it was worth in 2021 but still higher than the internal valuation it inked last year. Follow @AnitaRamaswamy on XCONTEXT NEWSGrocery-delivery business Instacart filed paperwork to go public on Aug. 25 under the formal name Maplebear. The company, which did not share its target price range in the filing, grew revenue by 39% in 2022 to $2.6 billion.

Persons: Eric Cohn, Cheney Orr, Fidji Simo, Instacart, Simo, Apoorva Mehta, Domino's, Lauren Silva Laughlin, Sharon Lam Organizations: Safeway, REUTERS, Reuters, Nasdaq, Kroger, Aldi, Costco Wholesale, Companies, Thomson Locations: Tucson , Arizona, U.S, Cava

☆ Eminem Tells Vivek Ramaswamy to Stop Rapping His Songs
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | More About Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As it turned out, Vivek Ramaswamy only got one shot to lose himself in the music. Marshall B. Mathers III, better known as the rapper Eminem, has told Mr. Ramaswamy, a Republican presidential candidate, that he is no longer to use Eminem music on the campaign trail, just weeks after Mr. Ramaswamy broke into an impromptu version of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” at the Iowa State Fair. At the fair, Mr. Ramaswamy, the 38-year-old political newcomer, had told Gov. “Vivek just got on the stage and cut loose,” his campaign spokeswoman, Tricia McLaughlin, said on Monday. “To the American people’s chagrin, we will have to leave the rapping to the real Slim Shady,” another of Mr. Mathers’s nom de plumes.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Marshall B, Mathers, Eminem, Ramaswamy, didn’t, Kim Reynolds, “ Vivek, Tricia McLaughlin, “, Slim, ” Organizations: Mathers III, Republican, Fair, BMI, Daily Locations: Iowa

☆ Vivek Ramaswamy says racism is often 'manufactured,' calls on nation to 'restore colorblind equality'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vivek Ramaswamy has recently made a series of controversial comments about race. He said white supremacy is rare, racism is "manufactured," and compared Ayanna Pressley to the KKK. AdvertisementAdvertisementNBC host Chuck Todd asked about the Jacksonville shooting and how Ramaswamy would address racially motivated violence as president. At a campaign stop in Iowa on Friday, Ramaswamy suggested white supremacy is as realistic as unicorns. Maybe I will meet a — maybe I will meet a unicorn sooner.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Ayanna Pressley, Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy's, Martin Luther King Jr, Chuck Todd, colorblind Organizations: Service, GOP, Klux Klan, NBC, Jacksonville, FBI, Department of Homeland Security, CNN Locations: Florida, Wall, Silicon, America, United States, Jacksonville , Florida, Washington, Iowa

☆ Vivek Ramaswamy says Mike Pence missed a 'historic opportunity' on January 6, by failing to push through election reforms before certifying the 2020 presidential vote
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Vivek Ramaswamy argued that Mike Pence missed a "historic opportunity" on January 6, 2021. Ramaswamy said on NBC's "Meet the Press," that Pence should have sought major election reforms. I think that there was a historic opportunity that he missed, to reunite this country in that window," he said. I think that was a missed opportunity." Pence was pressured by Trump to overturn now-President Joe Biden's 2020 victory, but the then-vice president rejected the attempts.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Mike Pence, Ramaswamy, Pence, —, Trump —, David James, Trump, Joe Biden's, president's, acquiesce Organizations: Press, Service, Senate, Capitol, Trump Locations: Wall, Silicon, America

☆ Former Bush advisor Karl Rove slams Vivek Ramaswamy's first GOP debate performance as 'robotic' and 'over-the-top'
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Karl Rove called out Vivek Ramaswamy over what he said was a "robotic" GOP debate performance. "Chris Christie got off one of the better lines of the night that he sounded like ChatGPT," he said. While Rove said Ramaswamy "on points had a good evening," he also said that the candidate "had a bad evening" when it came to substance. Ron DeSantis of Florida, who has so far been unable to dethrone former President Donald Trump from the top of the GOP presidential perch, had "a good night" at the debate. This was important for him to have a good night."

Persons: Karl Rove, Vivek Ramaswamy, Rove, Chris Christie, George W, Bush's, John Catsimatidis, Ramaswamy, Catsimatidis, Christie, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, Trump Organizations: WABC, Service, White House, Sunday, New, Republican, Trump, Emerson Locations: Wall, Silicon, New York, Jersey, Florida, New Hampshire

☆ Why most of Trump’s Republican rivals won’t attack him
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Harry Enten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Chris Christie to understand what happens when a Republican candidate is highly critical of the former president. His net favorability rating in the latest Quinnipiac University poll stands at minus-44 points among Republicans. Those with an opinion viewed him unfavorably by more than a 3-to-1 ratio (26% unfavorable to 8% favorable, a net favorability rating of minus-18 points). Among those who have, Hurd has a similar net favorability ratio to Hutchinson’s – 4% viewed him favorably and 11% unfavorably. This leaves Trump’s GOP rivals with a conundrum that even Harry Houdini would find difficult to solve: how to eat away at Trump’s support without being seen as trying to bring him down.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie, Christie, Joe Biden, Christie’s, Asa Hutchinson –, hadn’t, Hutchinson, Will Hurd, didn’t, haven’t, Hurd, Trump, Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, He’s, Scott, Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, Harry Houdini Organizations: CNN, Florida Gov, GOP, Trump, New, New Jersey Gov, Republican, Quinnipiac University, Republicans, New York Times, Siena, Trump . Former Arkansas Gov, Trump –, Former Texas Rep, Trump ., CBS, Quinnipiac Locations: New Jersey, Milwaukee, Quinnipiac, Carolina, Iowa, Ohio

☆ Vivek Ramaswamy doubles down on comparing US Rep. Ayanna Pressley to 'modern grand wizard' of the KKK
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy refused to back down from a rather surprising opinion. Ramaswamy compared Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley and author Ibram X. Kendi to KKK grand wizards. "But can you have an intellectually honest conversation when you accuse her of being a grand wizard of the KKK?" "These are the words of the modern grand wizards of the modern KKK," Ramaswamy said at the Iowa campaign stop, NBC reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe controversial businessman and presidential candidate has decried "woke" culture, making it a center point of his campaign.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Ramaswamy, Ayanna Pressley, Ibram, Kendi, Pressley, Dana Bash, Ayanna, week's Organizations: Democratic, Service, Massachusetts Democratic, NBC, Politico Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ibram, Iowa, Congress

☆ Vivek Ramaswamy has Iowa voters curious, but not yet committed, after standout debate
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Aaron Pellish | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

That’s the true mark of a real milestone on this campaign,” Ramaswamy joked. For many voters in Iowa, the debate was their introduction to the 38-year-old candidate. A survey of potential Republican primary voters who watched the debate conducted by The Washington Post, FiveThirtyEight and Ipsos showed 26% of voters thought Ramaswamy won the debate, second highest behind DeSantis. Still, the Ramaswamy campaign said it raised $600,000 in the day after the debate, the largest single-day total since its launch. The Ramaswamy campaign plans to continue visiting Iowa and answering voter questions like Christensen’s around the state, Chapman told CNN.

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☆ Ramaswamy-Pence Clash Shows New Right’s Radical Break From Reaganism
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Jonathan Swan | More About Jonathan Swan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Disbelief flashed across Vivek Ramaswamy’s face. The Republican presidential candidates, minus the front-runner, were 42 minutes into their first debate when former Vice President Mike Pence took issue with the young businessman’s claim that America was gripped by a national identity crisis. “We’re not looking for a new national identity,” said Mr. Pence, 64. “The American people are the most faith-filled, freedom-loving, idealistic, hard-working people the world has ever known.”“It is not morning in America,” Mr. Ramaswamy, 38, shot back in his rapid-fire Harvard debating style. Yet here was an upstart candidate, with no record of public service, standing at center stage in a G.O.P.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy’s, Mike Pence, “, ”, Pence, ” Mr, Ramaswamy, Ronald Reagan, Reagan’s, Reagan, — Organizations: Republican, Harvard Locations: America

NEWTON, Iowa — Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said he would like Elon Musk to be an adviser in his administration should he be elected. The statement came in response to a town hall question from a voter on Friday, asking the 38-year-old entrepreneur where he would seek guidance if elected. Musk on Aug. 17 reposted an interview on his social media platform, X, between Ramaswamy and Tucker Carlson, calling Ramaswamy “a very promising candidate.”Ramaswamy admires the mass layoffs Musk conducted after taking over Twitter last year. Last month, Ramaswamy participated in a virtual discussion with Musk where the CEO described himself as a moderate voter. Ron DeSantis announced his bid for the White House in a Twitter Space in May, a stunt which crashed the platform due to high traffic.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Elon, Ramaswamy, “ I’ve, Elon Musk, ”, Tucker Carlson, Ramaswamy “, ” Ramaswamy, Musk, Hawkeye, Joe Biden, ” Musk, Ron DeSantis Organizations: Republican, Twitter, NBC News, GOP, of Education, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, Explosives, NBC, Florida Gov, White Locations: NEWTON, Iowa

☆ Ramaswamy, the Millennial Candidate, Has a Lot to Say About His Generation
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | More About Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Vivek Ramaswamy, rising in the polls and buoyed by the first Republican primary debate this week, was barnstorming through central Iowa on Friday with a trademark smile and a remarkably bleak generational diagnosis of what ails younger America. The government “systematically lies to us,” he said. He told another gathering in Indianola, “We face a nonzero risk that the United States of America could cease to exist,” obliterated by the blossoming alliance of Russia and China. And yet somehow his evocation of a generational malaise seems to resonate, at least with the crowds that are packing the restaurants, cafes and even larger venues in the state that will cast the first ballots this January for the Republican presidential nomination. Noticeably, however, those crowds don’t seem to include many young voters.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Millennials, “, ”, Ronald Reagan’s, Bill Clinton’s Organizations: Republican Locations: Iowa, America, Pella , Iowa, Indianola, United States, Russia, China, Young

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