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☆ 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

☆ 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."

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☆ 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.

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☆ 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

☆ 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.

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☆ 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

☆ 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

Russia said Ukraine fired a string of drones over the weekend in an attempt to attack border regions and the capital, Moscow, in the latest strikes deep inside Russian borders. Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Sunday that its forces had intercepted Ukrainian drones overnight in the regions of Bryansk and Kursk, both of which border Ukraine. A drone crashed into an apartment building in Kursk but did not cause any injuries, the regional governor said on the Telegram messaging app. The border region of Belgorod also was attacked by drones over the weekend, according to the Russian authorities. The Russian claims had not been independently verified and Ukrainian officials did not immediately comment, as is their general custom on attacks inside Russia.

Persons: Vyacheslav Gladkov Organizations: Russia’s Ministry of Defense Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia’s, Bryansk, Kursk, Belgorod, Shchetinovka

☆ 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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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

☆ Fact-Checking Vivek Ramaswamy on the Campaign Trail
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Linda Qiu | More About Linda Qiu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

First, Mr. Manuel is not an “Obama appointee” but rather participated in a leadership development program run by the Obama Foundation in 2019. Noting high winds and drought, the company requested permission to fill a private reservoir for fire control, though the reservoir was not connected to fire hydrants. The water agency asked the company whether the fire department had made the request, received no answer and said that it needed the approval of a farmer who relied on the water for his crops. The company said that it could not reach the farmer, but that the agency approved the request hours later. The executive, in another letter, also wrote that “we would never imply responsibility” on Mr. Manuel’s part.

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☆ Vivek Ramaswamy floats Elon Musk as a potential White House advisor if he wins the 2024 presidential election
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy floated Elon Musk as a potential White House advisor. Ramaswamy has praised Musk's actions after taking over Twitter, which has now been rebranded as X. "I expect him to be an interesting advisor of mine," Ramaswamy said during a Friday event in Iowa. During an Iowa campaign event, the entrepreneur — whose presidential candidacy has surged among GOP voters in recent weeks — spoke fondly of Musk. "I've enjoyed getting to know better Elon Musk recently.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Elon, Ramaswamy, —, I've Organizations: Twitter, Service, NBC News Locations: Iowa, Wall, Silicon

☆ Trump's mug shot caps off a messy week for American politics
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The atmospherics are distractingFormer President Donald Trump’s stone-faced mug shot and the televised motorcade of his trip to court painted his arrest Thursday at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta with a reality TV theatricality. Trump’s control of the party he remade around himself continues to hold. But ultimately, just as he was forced to submit to a mug shot, Trump will have to submit to the fact that juries of his peers, American citizens, will decide these trials of the century. It’s far from a mainstream view, and Trump’s multiple arrests have so far yielded little in the way of mass protest. He could win acquittal in any or all four of the trials in which he’s a defendant.

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☆ DeSantis Super PAC will launch a $25 million ad blitz in Iowa and New Hampshire to reverse campaign's slide in the GOP presidential race
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Never Back Down is looking to reverse DeSantis' presidential campaign slump with a sizable ad buy. DeSantis has promoted his conservative record on the trail, but Trump continues to dominate the GOP race. Top officials for Never Back Down, who were encouraged by DeSantis' debate performance on Wednesday, outlined their strategy at a lunch shortly before the debate, according to The Post. Such a development would also be welcome news amid headlines about layoffs and campaign shakeups in the DeSantis campaign. AdvertisementAdvertisement"We are totally dominating DeSanctus right here in the state of Florida," Trump said at the time, mispronouncing the governor's last name.

Persons: DeSantis, Trump, Ron DeSantis —, Donald Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, Kristin Davison, " Davison, Joe Biden, DeSanctimonious, Ramaswamy Organizations: GOP, Service, White, The Washington Post, Gov, Republican Locations: Iowa, New Hampshire, Wall, Silicon, Florida, coalescing

☆ Opinion | The Republican Debate Proved That Trump Has What It Takes
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Jamelle Bouie | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Like far too many of you, I watched the Republican presidential debate on Wednesday night, during which all of the most popular contenders in the field tried to stand out and establish themselves as a serious alternative for the Republican presidential nomination. Donald Trump, who wasn’t on stage for the debate. The pretense of the debate was that the candidates could talk about themselves and the future of the Republican Party without the former president, but that was simply impossible. But the issue wasn’t just that Trump was unavoidable; it was that none of the other candidates had much to say for themselves. Even the most dynamic of the contenders, Vivek Ramaswamy, was doing little more than his own spin on Trump’s persona.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, There’s, Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy Organizations: Republican, Capitol, Republican Party Locations: Florida

☆ 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

☆ Trump still dominates, no DeSantis bounce from Republican debate, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Jason Lange | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the first Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 23, 2023. But it showed DeSantis remained stuck in distant second place with 13% of support of Republican respondents while Trump, the former president, had 52%, marginally higher than the 47% he received in a Reuters/Ipsos poll in early August. Still, about half of Republican respondents said they were more likely to support DeSantis based on what they had heard about the debate. About four in 10 Republicans said they were more likely to back Ramaswamy or Haley based on the debate. Only 5% of Republicans said they outright backed Ramaswamy while only 4% supported Haley, similar shares to what they had before the debate.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Brian Snyder, Donald Trump, DeSantis, Trump, Tucker Carlson, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Ramaswamy, Haley, Mike Pence, Joe Biden, Trump's, Jason Lange, Ross Colvin, Howard Goller Organizations: Florida, Republican, REUTERS, Rights, Reuters, Republicans, Trump, Twitter, Democrat, Thomson Locations: Milwaukee , Wisconsin, U.S, Florida, Milwaukee, Atlanta, Georgia

☆ Nikki Haley’s GOP Debate Truths
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Wonder Land: Republican presidential hopefuls Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy and maybe even Donald Trump are united on spending. All offer a much safer future than the alternative. Images: Reuters/Zuma Press Composite: Mark KellyIf Nikki Haley gets a bump in the polls from Wednesday’s presidential debate, one reason will be that she respected viewers by telling them the truth. Ms. Haley said, accurately, that passing a national abortion ban at 15 weeks is politically off the table, since it would require 60 votes in the Senate. She has argued this before, but many Republicans might be hearing it for the first time.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, Chris Christie, Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, Mark Kelly, Haley Organizations: Republican, Zuma

☆ Vivek Ramaswamy’s Challenge: Embrace Trump and Take His Supporters
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Eliza Collins | Aaron Zitner | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ The Ramaswamy Doctrine
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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A Washington Post/FiveThirtyEight/Ipsos survey of Republicans after the debate showed that only 4 percent believed Mr. Scott had won, placing him toward the back of the pack. The day after the debate, he garnered only 3 percent of the candidate searches, which can be a metric of voter interest. Eric Levine, a New York lawyer and Republican donor who attended the debate as a guest of Mr. Scott’s campaign, said he believed the senator had won by staying above the fray. “Very few questions were actually asked of Tim Scott. “Tim Scott is built for this race,” Ms. Gitcho said.

Persons: Scott, Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, Eric Levine, Scott’s, “, Mr, Levine, Tim Scott, insinuate, ” Gail Gitcho, “ Tim Scott, Ms, Gitcho, ” Organizations: Washington Post, Mr, Google, Republican Locations: New York

“My personal favorite was Nikki Haley,” Sarcone told CNN of the former South Carolina governor after watching Wednesday’s debate at her Urbandale home in the Des Moines suburbs. Betsy Sarcone, right, watches the GOP debate with her parents Russ and Susan Sanders. To that end, these were the two biggest takeaways from our group: Haley made a strong impression, and Ramaswamy stirs an undercard version of the Trump GOP divide. “Some Trump people may have found that attractive about Ramaswamy, right?” Betsy Sarcone said. She personally would be my favorite candidate right now.

Persons: Betsy Sarcone, Nikki Haley, ” Sarcone, ’ ” Chris Mudd, Donald Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, Mudd, “ I’m, ” Mudd, “ Trump, Vivek, Russ, Susan Sanders, Allie Malloy, Haley, Ramaswamy, Trump, Ron DeSantis, Sarcone, “ Haley, DeSantis, Priscilla Forsyth, “ Nikki Haley, ” Forsyth, Chris Mudd, Jeremy Moorhead, “, … I’ve, MAGA, Forsyth, …, He’s, ” Priscilla Forsyth, CNN Sarcone, Susan, Jaclyn Taylor, ” Taylor, ” Jaclyn Taylor, CNN Taylor, South Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, Taylor Organizations: CNN, South, USA, GOP, Republican, Trump GOP, Republican Party, Florida Gov, caucused, Trump, United Nations, “, Trump One Locations: South Carolina, Des Moines, “, Cedar Falls, Milwaukee, Iowa, Florida, Sioux City, Forsyth, DeSantis

☆ SPACs can't be killed
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Chamath Palihapitiya, Founder and CEO of Social Capital, presents during the 2018 Sohn Investment Conference in New York City, U.S., April 23, 2018. Although SPACs raised just $13 billion last year, this week produced a deal that looks like it could have happened during the heyday. From U.S. presidential hopefuls’ forays to a continued SPAC king’s virality, SPACs’ reach is a reminder that they are hard to kill. This week, one of those SPACs bought Better.com, a mortgage lender led by Vishal Garg and backed by SoftBank Group (9984.T). They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

Persons: Chamath Palihapitiya, Brendan McDermid, SPACs, Vishal Garg, Donald Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, lister Chamath Palihapitiya, Anita Ramaswamy, Lauren Silva Laughlin, Sharon Lam Organizations: Social Capital, Investment, REUTERS, Reuters, SoftBank Group, Securities and Exchange Commission, X, KKR, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S

☆ Opinion | Raising a Hand for the Man in the Mug Shot
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( David Firestone | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Hand-raising is a juvenile and reductive exercise in any political debate, but it’s worth unpacking this moment, which provides clarity into the damage that Mr. Trump has inflicted on his own party. But even Nikki Haley, though she generally tried to position herself as a reasonable alternative to Mr. Ramaswamy’s earsplitting drivel, raised her hand. Only Chris Christie and Asa Hutchinson demonstrated some respect for the rule of law by opposing the election of a criminal. Mr. Hutchinson said Mr. Trump was “morally disqualified” from being president because of what happened on Jan. 6, and made the interesting argument that he may also be legally disqualified under the 14th Amendment for inciting an insurrection. Mr. Christie said the country had to stop “normalizing” Mr. Trump’s conduct, which he said was beneath the office of president.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy’s, Nikki Haley, Ramaswamy’s earsplitting, Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence’s, fides, Chris Christie, Asa Hutchinson, Hutchinson, Jan, Christie, Trump’s, Ramaswamy Organizations: Capitol, ., Fox News, United Locations: United States, Mexico

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