The presidential contender visited the University of Texas at Austin Thursday where he answered student questions and said the U.S. shouldn’t aid Ukraine in its war against Russia.
Vivek Ramaswamy, GOP presidential candidate, speaks at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, on Monday., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
“The best measure of the health of American democracy is the percentage of people who feel free to say what we actually think in public,” Ramaswamy said. “Right now we are doing poorly.” In a crowded Republican primary field, Ramaswamy’s grandiose rhetoric and status as a political outsider has made him more closely aligned with former President Donald Trump than the rest of the GOP contenders. As the youngest candidate running for the party’s presidential nomination, Ramaswamy is leaning on his appeal to young voters. More than 50 students rushed to form a line behind two microphones to ask questions following the candidate’s short speech.
With three months until voting starts in Iowa on Jan. 15 and another month and a half before the Texas primary on March 5, Ramaswamy appeared confident that he was going to be elected President. “I’m not a plan B person,” he said to roaring applause. “We are dependent on our adversary for our way of life,” Ramaswamy said. He went on to accuse China of releasing “hell on the world” during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ramaswamy, 38, is the son of Indian immigrants. He came to prominence as the author of ‘Woke, Inc.’, a book that criticizes diversity equity and inclusion initiatives.
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