Vivek Ramaswamy’s America First message is resonating with voters. While the majority of polling for the 2024 GOP Presidential nomination has shown DeSantis leading Vivek Ramaswamy, several recent polls show Vivek slightly ahead of or tied with the Florida governor. A pattern is emerging on increased popularity and momentum for the 38-year-old entrepreneur. Vivek claims that faith, freedom, and family are the way to find our way back as a nation. He claims that we have lost our way but we can get it back. He prides himself as part of a new young generation that can achieve these goals.
The son of Indian legal immigrants, Vivek rails against illegal immigration, getting embroiled in Ukraine, maintains that the U.S. climate change agenda is a hoax, and says the indictments of Trump are politically driven and that our government has been weaponized against him and that he will pardon Trump if convicted. Mr. Ramaswamy boldly stated, “We are not some banana republic where the party in power uses the police force to indict and arrest its political opponents in the middle of a Presidential election.”
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| Vivek Ramaswamy at Indianola, lowa File Photo |
I asked Vivek his views on globalism as many Trump supporters are saying that Vivek leans with the globalists.
But during our discussion he doubled down on American sovereignty. He exclaimed that we should stop funding organizations like the World Health Organization and the UN as they are fundamentally hostile to our sovereignty. “I’m saying many of the same things that Trump is saying, and in many cases I’m taking it further,” continuing, “I want to militarize the border and shut down the Department of Education.”
When it comes to individuals, faith, family, nation, God, hard work and patriotism, Vivek says these “are the things that ground us” and that “we have lost those basic values.” He continued that this is “also why we see the rise of fentanyl, depression, anxiety, suicide. These are symptoms of a deeper void of purpose and meaning in our country, a deeper black hole that we need to fill with what it means to be an American citizen.”
Vivek claims that the young vote will be the key to a landslide win in 2024 for the Republicans and that he is bringing them along and that 40% of his first-time donors are also first-time donors to the Republican party. Vivek has gained a type of “rock star” status at recent events. At the June Faith and Freedom Coalition Conference in Washington, D.C. and at last month’s Turning Point USA Conference in West Palm Beach, Ramaswamy was one of the most well-received speakers at both forums.
I closed our interview with two questions, one being that if he lost to Donald Trump in the primary, would he consider a VP slot and two, would he back Trump for President regardless. Vivek confirmed that he would “definitely” back Trump but that he and Donald Trump have something in common, that neither of them would make a great number two, referencing their powerful personalities and drive.
One thing is clear, Vivek hasn’t minced words about his vision on how to get America moving on a better path forward. How far he can take that message remains to be seen. In the meantime, Vivek Ramaswamy enjoys a meteoric rise and could be a factor in things going forward.