Vivek Ramaswamy presidential campaign, 2024

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Vivek Ramaswamy ended his presidential campaign on January 15, 2024.

“	To me, the American dream means you believe in merit. That you get ahead in this country not on the color of your skin, but on the content of your character and your contributions. It means you believe the people who we elect to run the government are the ones who actually run the government, not a federal bureaucracy. [...] It means that the best ideas win instead of getting censored. It means you don't have to choose between speaking your mind freely and putting food on the dinner table. It means you think these ideals form the backbone of the greatest nation on earth.^[1]	”
—Vivek Ramaswamy (February 2023)^[2]

Vivek Ramaswamy (R) was an entrepreneur, political commentator, and author. He officially announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on February 21, 2023.^[3] Ramaswamy withdrew from the race on January 15, 2024.^[4]

Ramaswamy centered his campaign around reducing the size of the federal government, supporting freedom of speech, opposing environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG), opposing China, and opposing affirmative action. In his campaign announcement, he said, "This isn't just a political campaign. This is a cultural movement to create a new American dream for the next generation. "

Biography

Ramaswamy was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1985. He grew up there, attending St. Xavier High School and graduating as class valedictorian.^[5] In 2007, Ramaswamy graduated from Harvard College summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in biology.

From 2007 to 2009, Ramaswamy worked as the co-founder and president at Campus Venture Network, a company that, "provides software and networking resources to university entrepreneurs."^[6] At this time, he was also a partner at QVT Financial, a capital investment firm. He held this position through 2014.

Ramaswamy attended Yale University, graduating with a law degree in 2013.^[7] Two years later, he founded a pharmaceutical company, Roivant Sciences, where he acted as chief executive officer through 2021. He stepped down from the position when he published his first book, Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam. ^[8]

Since 2022, Ramaswamy had acted as co-founder and executive chairman of Strive Assessment Management, which he said sought to "restore the voice of the everyday citizen in the economy by advancing a simple worldview in corporate American board rooms: Pursue excellence in your products and services to your customers over any other agenda, including social and political agendas."^[9] In 2022, he published a second book, Nation of Victims: Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence, and had made appearances in television and print as a political commentator.

Campaign finance

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Primary debate participation

See also: Republican presidential primary debates, 2024

Ramaswamy participated in four Republican presidential primary debates. See below for a summary of his highlights from the fourth Republican primary debate on December 6, 2023, with a focus on policy. The following paraphrased statements were compiled from debate transcripts. A candidate's opponents are generally not mentioned in his or her summary unless there was a significant exchange between them.

Vivek Ramaswamy discussed his electability, the Israel-Hamas war, the Russia-Ukraine war, illegal opioids, China, the administrative state, immigration, transgender issues, Taiwan, healthcare, and climate change. Ramaswamy said the country needs a leader from the outside and from a new generation. Ramaswamy said Hamas’ attack in Israel was not an attack on America. He said Israel has a right to defend itself without foreign interference. Ramaswamy said the war in Ukraine is pointless for America and he would seek a peace deal. Ramaswamy said he would secure the southern border and address the mental health epidemic to combat opioids. He said China should not be able to buy U.S. land or donate to U.S. universities and should be held financially accountable for fentanyl and the coronavirus. Ramaswamy said he would reduce federal bureaucrats by 75% in his first year, eliminate federal agencies, and rescind regulations that Congress has not explicitly mandated. Ramaswamy said ICE should deputize local law enforcement to deport illegal immigrants. Ramaswamy said the real enemy was the deep state, it appeared January 6 was an inside job, the great replacement theory was a statement of the Democratic Party’s platform, and big tech stole the 2020 election. Ramaswamy said transgenderism is a mental health disorder, and he would ban genital mutilation and chemical castration. Ramaswamy said he would defend Taiwan and advance the U.S. relationship with India to deter China. Ramaswamy said the U.S. needs diverse health insurance options that cover preventative healthcare and wellness and should end antitrust exemptions for health insurance companies. Ramaswamy said the climate change agenda is a hoax. Ramaswamy was the most active participant in the debate, speaking for 22.6 minutes.

Expand the sections below to read more about Ramaswamy's participation in previous Republican primary debates.

Third Republican primary debate (November 8, 2023) (click to expand)

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Ramaswamy participated in the third Republican presidential primary debate on November 8, 2023. See below for a summary of his highlights with a focus on policy. The following paraphrased statements were compiled from debate transcripts. A candidate's opponents are generally not mentioned in his or her summary unless there was a significant exchange between them.

Vivek Ramaswamy discussed Republican electoral performance, the Israel-Hamas war, antisemitism, the Russia-Ukraine war, China, the economy, opioids, and abortion. Ramaswamy said the Republican Party had become a party of losers and said the moderators and media rigged the 2016 and 2020 elections. Ramaswamy said Israel had a right and responsibility to defend itself, and said America should not become overly involved in foreign conflicts and repeat past Republican mistakes. Ramaswamy said antisemitism was a symptom of a lost nation that he would address through leadership not censorship. Ramaswamy said Ukraine is not a paragon of democracy, and that the U.S. should stop providing aid to the country. Ramaswamy said America was overly reliant on China for manufacturing, that America should ban China from purchasing U.S. land and funding universities, ban U.S. businesses from operating in China or sharing data with Chinese companies, and hold China financially accountable for the coronavirus pandemic. Ramaswamy said to improve the economy he would increase U.S. energy production, reduce unemployment benefits, and lift land-use restrictions. Ramaswamy said to keep Social Security solvent he would reduce spending on foreign wars, use zero-based budgeting, shrink the federal workforce, eliminate redundant federal agencies, and lift regulations. Ramaswamy said to address opioids he would send the military to the southern border, and build walls at the southern and northern borders. Ramaswamy said he was pro-life and that Republicans should improve access to contraception and adoption, and promote sexual responsibility for men. Ramaswamy was the third-most active participant in the debate, speaking for 17.6 minutes.

Second Republican primary debate (September 27, 2023) (click to expand)

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Ramaswamy participated in the second Republican presidential primary debate on September 27, 2023. See below for a summary of his highlights with a focus on policy. The following paraphrased statements were compiled from debate transcripts. A candidate's opponents are generally not mentioned in his or her summary unless there was a significant exchange between them.

Vivek Ramaswamy discussed the economy, immigration policy, transgender policy, drug abuse, foreign policy, and federal spending. Ramaswamy said he would deliver economic growth by reducing unemployment benefits and federal regulations, and increasing energy production. Ramaswamy said he would militarize the U.S.-Mexico border, stop sanctuary cities, and end birthright citizenship for children of illegal immigrants. Ramaswamy said he would address fentanyl use by securing the southern border and addressing mental health through faith-based approaches. Ramaswamy said transgenderism, especially in kids, is a mental health disorder. Ramaswamy said he supported a federal law requiring schools to notify parents of their children’s gender transition and a ban on genital mutilation or chemical castration for children. Ramaswamy said U.S. support for Ukraine was driving Russia and China closer, and that he would pursue a reasonable plan for peace in the Russia-Ukraine war. Ramaswamy said he would appoint a new Federal Reserve chair to stabilize the U.S. dollar, reduce the number of federal employees by 75%, and rescind unconstitutional federal regulations. Ramaswamy was the most active participant in the debate, speaking for 12.5 minutes.

First Republican primary debate (August 23, 2023) (click to expand)

See also: Republican presidential primary debate (August 23, 2023)

Ramaswamy participated in the first Republican presidential primary debate on August 23, 2023. See below for a summary of his highlights with a focus on policy. The following paraphrased statements were compiled from Fox News' debate transcript. A candidate's opponents are generally not mentioned in his or her summary unless there was a significant exchange between them.

Vivek Ramaswamy discussed the economy, energy, crime and mental health, Trump’s indictments, national security, immigration, and education. Ramaswamy said the country needed an outsider and the country should be handed over to a new generation. Ramaswamy said he would improve the economy by increasing fossil fuel production and by reducing the administrative state and federal regulation. Ramaswamy said the climate change agenda is a hoax. Ramaswamy said there is a mental health epidemic in America and that people are hungry for purpose and meaning. Ramaswamy said he would pardon Trump. Ramaswamy said he opposed military funding for Ukraine, and that America should improve relations with Russia to prevent Russia and China from becoming closer allies. He said Ukraine funding should go to U.S.-Mexico border security instead. Ramaswamy said he would shut down the Department of Education and give that funding to families. He said he opposed teachers’ unions. Ramaswamy was the second-most active participant in the debate, speaking for 11.63 minutes.

The following table provides an overview of the date, location, host, and number of participants in each scheduled 2024 Republican presidential primary debate.

2024 Republican presidential primary debates
Debate	Date	Location	Host	Number of participants
First Republican primary debate	August 23, 2023	Milwaukee, Wisconsin^[10]	Fox News^[11]	8
Second Republican primary debate	September 27, 2023	Simi Valley, California^[12]	Fox Business, Univision	7
Third Republican primary debate	November 8, 2023	Miami, Florida^[13]	NBC News, Salem Radio Network	5
Fourth Republican primary debate	December 6, 2023	Tuscaloosa, Alabama^[14]	NewsNation, The Megyn Kelly Show, the Washington Free Beacon	4
On December 7, 2023, CNN reported the RNC would lift its ban on non-RNC sanctioned debates.^[15]
Fifth Republican primary debate	January 10, 2024	Des Moines, Iowa^[15]	CNN	2
Sixth Republican primary debate	January 18, 2024	Manchester, New Hampshire^[16]	ABC News, WMUR-TV, New Hampshire Republican State Committee	Cancelled
Seventh Republican primary debate	January 21, 2024	Goffstown, New Hampshire^[15]	CNN	Cancelled

Noteworthy endorsements

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The section below lists noteworthy endorsements for Vivek Ramaswamy in the Republican presidential primary. Noteworthy endorsers include current and former presidents and vice presidents, current and former party leaders, governors and other state executives, members of Congress, mayors of large cities, and state legislative majority and minority leaders.

Noteworthy endorsements for Vivek Ramaswamy, 2024
Name	State	Party	Date
Iowa Treasurer Roby Smith	IA	Republican Party	August 21, 2023 ^source

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Policy positions

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Immigration

In a Republican debate, Ramaswamy said, "Militarize the southern border, stop funding sanctuary cities and end foreign aid to Mexico and Central America to end the incentives to come across. [...] I favor ending birthright citizenship for the kids of illegal immigrants in this country." ^{[source, as of 2023-09-27]}

Healthcare

In a Republican debate Ramaswamy said, "We don’t have a healthcare system in this country. We have a sick care system. We need to start having diverse insurance options in a competitive marketplace that cover actual health, preventative medicine, diet, exercise, lifestyle and otherwise. And here’s how we deliver that, end the antitrust exemptions for health insurance companies. That’s where the competitive marketplace begins. That’s crony capitalism, and that’s the answer." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-06]}

Economy

Ramaswamy's campaign website listed the following policies, "Drill, frack & burn coal: abandon the climate cult & unshackle nuclear energy. Put Americans back to work: dismantle Lyndon Johnson’s failed 'Great Society.' Incentivize trade schools over hollow college degrees (sorry, gender studies majors). Launch deregulatory 'Reagan 2.0' revolution: cut >75% headcount amongst U.S. regulators. Limit the U.S. Fed’s scope: stabilize the dollar & nothing more." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-21]}

Education

In a Republican debate, Ramaswamy said, "We have a crisis of achievement. Let’s shut down the head of the snake, the Department of Education. Take that $80 billion, put it in the hands of the parents across this country. This is the civil rights issue of our time. Allow any parent to choose where they send their kids to school. End the teachers unions at the local level to allow public schools to compete." ^{[source, as of 2023-08-23]}

Criminal justice

In a Republican debate, Ramaswamy said, "We have a crime wave in this country, and we know how to fix it. The question is, do we actually have the spine to do it? More cops in the streets, who are on the streets able to do their jobs without looking over their shoulder for getting sued. And we also have a mental health epidemic in this country. Just over the same period that we have closed mental health institutions, we have seen a spike in violent crime." ^{[source, as of 2023-08-23]}

Foreign policy

In a Republican debate, Ramaswamy said, "I want to be careful to avoid making the mistakes from the NeoCon establishment of the past. Corrupt politicians in both parties spent trillions, killed millions, made billions for themselves in places like Iraq and Afghanistan, fighting wars that sent 1000s of our sons and daughters, people my age to die in wars that did not advance anyone’s interests. Adding $7 trillion to our national debt." ^{[source, as of 2023-11-08]}

Administrative state

Ramaswamy's campaign website listed the following policies, "Shut down toxic government agencies: Dept of Education, FBI, IRS, and more (and rebuild from scratch when required). End civil service protections for bureaucrats: 8-year term limits instead. Eliminate federal employee unions: repeal JFK’s executive order 10988. Move >75% of federal employees out of Washington D.C. & end pro-lazy 'remote work' option. Cut wasteful expenditures: White House, not individual agencies, will submit budget requests to Congress." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-21]}

Coronavirus response

Ramaswamy's campaign website said, "Vivek is adamantly against mask mandates, and he always has been. [...] Vivek is for individual choice, no mandates, no lockdowns, no restrictions on speech." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-21]}

Election policy

Ramaswamy's campaign website said, "Vivek supports a constitutional amendment to implement Civic Duty Voting amongst Americans aged 18-25. In substance, this amendment will increase the standard voting age to 25, while still allowing all Americans to vote at age 18 if they meet a national service requirement (at least 6 months in the military or a first responder role) or else pass the same civics test required of naturalized citizens." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-21]}

Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG)

Ramaswamy's campaign website listed the following policy, "Rescind Biden’s ESG rule for retirement funds: get politics out of corporate America and capital markets." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-21]}

Sex and gender issues

Ramaswamy's campaign website said, "Vivek is the first candidate who had the courage to speak TRUTH about transgenderism: it’s a mental health disorder. Period." ^{[source, as of 2023-12-21]}

Opioids and drug issues

In an Republican debate, Ramaswamy said, "One is we do have to seal that southern border. Building the wall is not enough. They’re building cartel financed tunnels underneath that wall. Semi-trucks can drive through them. We have to use our own military to seal the Swiss cheese of a southern border. But we also have to be honest, there’s a demand side problem in this country too, a mental health epidemic." ^{[source, as of 2023-09-27]}

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Administrative state

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Criminal justice

Economy

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Energy and environmental issues

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Federalism

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Healthcare

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Immigration

Impeachment

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Opioids and drug issues

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Trade

Veterans

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Campaign themes

Website

Ramaswamy listed the following policy positions on his campaign website as of January 8, 2024.^[17]

“

America First 2.0
REVIVE AMERICAN NATIONAL IDENTITY

Use the military, including drones, to secure our southern border
End affirmative action: repeal Lyndon Johnson’s executive order 11246
Protect American children: ban addictive social media under age 16 & gender confusion “care” for minors
Make political expression a civil right & end unlawful DEI indoctrination
Withhold federal funding for cities that refuse to protect Americans from violent crime

UNLEASH THE AMERICAN ECONOMY: ACHIEVE >5% GDP GROWTH

Drill, frack & burn coal: abandon the climate cult & unshackle nuclear energy
Put Americans back to work: dismantle Lyndon Johnson’s failed “Great Society”
Incentivize trade schools over hollow college degrees (sorry, gender studies majors)
Launch deregulatory “Reagan 2.0” revolution: cut >75% headcount amongst U.S. regulators
Limit the U.S. Fed’s scope: stabilize the dollar & nothing more

DECLARE INDEPENDENCE FROM COMMUNIST CHINA

Hold the CCP accountable for Covid-19: use all financial levers
Achieve semiconductor independence: secure our modern way of life
Stop CCP affiliates from buying American land
Use our military to annihilate Mexican drug cartels: defend against the CCP’s opium war
Ban U.S. businesses from expanding in China until the CCP stops cheating

DISMANTLE MANAGERIAL BUREAUCRACY

Shut down toxic government agencies: Dept of Education, FBI, IRS, and more (and rebuild from scratch when required)
End civil service protections for bureaucrats: 8-year term limits instead
Eliminate federal employee unions: repeal JFK’s executive order 10988
Move >75% of federal employees out of Washington D.C. & end pro-lazy “remote work” option
Cut wasteful expenditures: White House, not individual agencies, will submit budget requests to Congress

END WEAPONIZATION OF GOVERNMENT & FINANCIAL MARKETS

Pardon defendants of politicized prosecutions: Trump, Mackey, and peaceful Jan 6 protesters
Hold Congress accountable for “hush money” fund: taxpayers should not subsidize sexual misconduct
Publish the Jeffrey Epstein client list: government should not use police power to shield select elites
Rescind Biden’s ESG rule for retirement funds: get politics out of corporate America and capital markets
Oppose CBDCs: fight all plans for digital currency, a dangerous scheme for government control over our bank accounts

Civic Duty Voting
Voting is more than a physical act. It is the expression of a duty we bear as citizens. Serving your nation, knowing something about your nation, or at least living in your nation for a short time as an adult isn’t too much to ask. Our lost civic pride won’t reappear automatically. Reviving it will require boldness.

Civic Duty Voting

Vivek supports a constitutional amendment to implement Civic Duty Voting amongst Americans aged 18-25.
In substance, this amendment will increase the standard voting age to 25, while still allowing all Americans to vote at age 18 if they meet a national service requirement (at least 6 months in the military or a first responder role) or else pass the same civics test required of naturalized citizens.
Voting will remain open to citizens starting from the age of 18 who are US and have demonstrated civic information in at least one of several ways:
- Direct service to the country in the military or first response services (police, fire, etc).
- Passed a civic test identical to the U.S. citizenship exam for naturalized citizens.
- Reached the age of 25.

Increasing Young Voter Turnout

Critics will note that voter participation amongst young Americans is already problematically low. They are correct: only 23% of Americans ages 18-25 choose to vote today.
There is good reason to believe that the minority of young Americans who choose to vote would already be able to meet the criteria of Civic Duty Voting anyway, and by making the ability to vote at a young age a coveted privilege, voter participation amongst young Americans may actually increase. This isn’t a foreign concept. Take the IKEA effect, psychologists have found people put greater value in things that they have to work for or invest in.

Civic Duty Voting Promotes Civic Equality

The civics exam required of young Americans would be the identical one we already ask law-abiding green card holders to pass: it’s no more discriminatory to an 18-year-old born in this country than to someone who has been a decade-long taxpayer in the country but who can’t vote either.
The test is not a requirement either: the performance of minimal service to the country offers an alternative path. And all requirements fall away at age 25 anyway – the same age by which young male adults are required under current law to complete Selective Service registration.
Civic Duty Voting has the potential to restore civic equality that many Americans long for: a kid of a billionaire can’t vote if he misses the requirement, while the kid of a single mother in the inner city can still be part of the special group that determines who governs our nation.
At a time when young Americans are taught to celebrate their differences, Civic Duty Voting – and in particular the service path – creates a sense of shared purpose and experience.

Implementation of Civic Duty Voting, Not Building More Bureaucracy

The Civic Duty Voting exam would be identical to one required of law-abiding green card holders prior to obtaining citizenship. The 6-month service requirement offers an alternative to the Civic Duty Voting exam. Both requirements fall away at age 25 – the same age by which young male adults are required under current U.S. law to complete Selective Service registration.
Civic Duty Voting will use the existing apparatus: military, first responders, and the same civics test we use for naturalized citizenship exams.
- Streamlining the managerial machine is another reason to implement Civic Duty Voting rather than opt for mandatory national service like Israel, South Korea, Singapore, and other nations.
- No additional government bureaucracy is required to administer Civic Duty Voting.

Historic Precedent for Civic Duty Voting in America

Tying civic duties to the privileges of citizenship is more familiar to Americans than it may first seem. The voting age was only lowered to age 18 in 1971 – justified by the military draft starting at age 18 during the Vietnam War.
The requirement to serve in the military was the central argument for why 18-year-olds were granted the right to vote at all. And even today every adult male in America is legally required to register with Selective Service after turning 18 before age 25.
The Constitution expressly prohibits discrimination on attributes like race and gender, but the Constitution does not expressly guarantee universal voting either. This is intentional: we live in a Constitutional republic, not a direct democracy.
The Fourteenth Amendment specifically distinguishes the immunities of citizenship from the privileges of citizenship. Voting is a privilege, and civic duty is a proper precondition for enjoying that privilege.
Other democratic nations including Israel and South Korea mandate national service, but that is not the American way: we cannot solve the absence of a desire to serve our country – or to learn about the Constitution – by forcing them to do so.
By restoring civic duty through tying it to the ultimate privilege of citizenship and conferring it to young people accordingly, we have a better chance of accomplishing the same goal – and without a new bureaucracy that would be inevitably required to administer a mandatory national service requirement.

Constitutional Amendment to Implement Civic Duty Voting

Civic Duty Voting can only ever be implemented through Constitutional Amendment which requires the assent of two-thirds of legislators in both Chambers of Congress and three-fourths of state legislators.
The high hurdle is a good thing: the process of debating the merits of a proposed Amendment will itself catalyze a long overdue conversation about not only reviving civic pride amongst young Americans, but what it even means to be a citizen today.
Constitutional amendments are proposed in two ways:
- Via Congress – ⅔ of legislators in both houses approve the amendment.
- Via the states – Congress calls a convention if the legislatures of ⅔ of the states apply for it (Never used till this point)
To ratify an amendment:
- Must be approved by ¾ of the states, either by the legislatures or conventions 27 of 33 amendments have been approved.
- 27 of 33 amendments have been approved.

TRUTH.

God is real.
There are two genders.
Human flourishing requires fossil fuels.
Reverse racism is racism.
An open border is no border.
Parents determine the education of their children.
The nuclear family is the greatest form of governance known to mankind.
Capitalism lifts people up from poverty.
There are three branches of the U.S. government, not four.
The U.S. constitution is the strongest guarantor of freedoms in history.

SHUT IT DOWN.
Today - Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
KEY PROBLEMS

REDUNDANCY & WASTE. 20,000+ employees are in non-essential roles and investigate matters already pursued by other agencies, costing taxpayers an extra $1.4 billion per year.
MISSION CREEP. The Bureau’s mission was complicated in the post-9/11 period, and as a result most special agents no longer specialize but change focus as they take new roles within the broadened bureau.
POLITICAL WEAPONIZATION. The redundant bureaucracy has now discovered new “purposes” as a political weapon to serve whichever political actors are most willing to sponsor its bureaucratic bloat and protection from accountability.

Future - Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
KEY BENEFITS

GREATER SPECIALIZATION FOR GREATER SECURITY. Simplify missions across law enforcement agencies by eliminating redundant functions and improving specialization. Remove bureaucracy as an obstacle to our national security.
FINANCIAL SAVINGS. Headcount reductions and reduced investigative costs alone will save taxpayers $1.4 billion per year.
REDUCE BIAS & RESTORE ACCOUNTABILITY. Increase transparency to identify corruption more quickly by subjecting law enforcement agencies to greater Cabinet-level oversight. Bureaucracy breeds corruption.

Today - Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
KEY PROBLEMS

STIFLES INNOVATION. Prior to the NRC’s inception, the U.S. could build a new nuclear plant in 3-4 years. Today, the development process is 25-40 years. By comparison, Japan still builds new plants in 3-4 years and France in roughly 5-8 years. The U.S. development process is 32 steps—it can take 4-6 years merely for a draft environmental impact statement for a new site. The process is so onerousthat no new plant has been built in the last 35 years.
WORSENS SAFETY RISKS. Newer nuclear energy technologies developed since the formation of the NRC are safer than older models. Yet, the cumbersome regulatory process ensures that the only operating nuclear plants in the U.S. do not use these newer, safer technologies. While other countries built Generation III nuclear reactors in the 2010s, the NRC has still done nothing more than approve them for the U.S., let alone address Generation IV technologies. Instead, the U.S. continues extending the lifespans of Gen II reactors, now up to 60 years old, for 75% of our reactors as of 2013.
ENDANGERS U.S. SECURITY & COMPETITIVENESS. Energy security is fundamental to national security. While other nations’ nuclear energy costs have dropped, U.S. energy costs have increased almost 20x in the past four decades. The NRC’s bureaucracy is causing the U.S. to fall behind other nations rapidly in the field of nuclear energy.

Future - Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
KEY BENEFITS

IMPROVE INNOVATION WHILE BETTER PROTECTING AGAINST RISK. Advancing the U.S. to Gen III and Gen IV reactors and more advanced designs, which are safer and more efficient than older Gen I and Gen II models.
COST SAVINGS. Taxpayers would enjoy a 62% cut from the 2024 proposed budget (>$600 million in savings).
INCREASES U.S. COMPETITIVENESS VERSUS CHINA AND OTHER COUNTRIES. China is currently leading the charge for the creation of new nuclear reactors. Since 2022, China has approved 10 new nuclear power units, of which three have been put into commercial operation while construction has begun on six other units.

Today - Department of Education (DoED)
KEY PROBLEMS

FOISTS DIVISIVE IDEOLOGY USING TAXPAYER FUNDING AS A CUDGEL. The DoED awards tens of billions in block grants to local education authorities each year, but only if they meet politically-favored benchmarks.
- 2023 budget: DoED proposed spending ~$1.5 billion on grants to support racial minorities in higher education, expressly contrary to the Supreme Court’s recent affirmative action ruling.
DIMINISHES CHOICE BY CENTRALIZING EDUCATION. Schools are run locally in the U.S., yet taxpayers send money to Washington D.C. only to send that money back to localities across the country. This is wasteful and counterproductive.
PRIORITIZES COLLEGE OVER VOCATIONAL EDUCATION OR TRADES TRAINING. Barely more than 1 in 3 Americans has a 4-year college degree and yet, more than half of the DoED’s budget ~$62 billion goes to support grants and loans for college degrees.

Future - Department of Education (DoED)
KEY BENEFITS

INCREASED RESOURCES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE. Dozens of states have adopted school choice reforms. Removing the centralized block grant bureaucracy will afford states more money to tailor education so that all children get a fair opportunity for an excellent education.
COST SAVINGS AND EFFICIENCY. Almost half of the DOE’s annual budget would be rebated back to state and local education authorities. This would also eliminate the inefficiency of the federal government collecting $50+ billion in taxes from states, just to send it back out in the form of block grants, saving taxpayers more than $8 billion annually.
PROTECT CHILDREN. Redirecting just a quarter of the DOE’s $83+ BN budget to put three armed marshals in every school across America.

Independence from China
ARTICLE I: WE WILL DISMANTLE THE CLIMATE CHANGE AGENDA AND HARNESS AMERICA'S RESOURCE WEALTH

The climate change agenda has nothing to do with the climate and everything to do with letting China catch up to the U.S. - and this is something that the Republican Party has missed in entirety.
While America promises to build more solar panels and wind turbines, China is building those panels and those turbines – and they are using coal to do it. Renewable technologies do create jobs: mining, processing, and manufacturing - in China.
The more we are pushed towards wind, solar, and batteries, the more dependent we are on China. When American taxpayers subsidize EVs, American taxpayers subsidize the Chinese Communist Party.
THE VIVEK VISION: Shut down the administrative state and rescind unconstitutional federal regulations, including any regulation that mandates the measurement or reporting of CO2 emissions by a private company or government body. We will drill, frack, use coal, and embrace nuclear energy - without climate-related constraints - while respecting clean air and clean water for American prosperity.

ARTICLE II: LEADING-EDGE SEMICONDUCTORS CURRENTLY MANUFACTURED IN TAIWAN ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE – AND WE WILL NEVER ALLOW COMMUNIST CHINA TO USE SEMICONDUCTOR ACCESS AS A WEAPON AGAINST US.

The CHIPS Act is little more than the Green New Deal in chipped-up, corporate-welfare clothing.
We need a pro-semiconductor policy driven not by economic protectionism and handouts to cronies but squarely focused on U.S. homeland security against Communist China which appears likely to invade or annex Taiwan.
We will train the U.S. workers and remove the red tape needed to get major projects like TSMC in Arizona and Intel here in Ohio moving, while also expanding trade relationships with other semiconductor leaders like Japan and South Korea: competition breeds innovation at home.
THE VIVEK VISION: Whereas Taiwan leads the world today in semiconductor innovation that powers computers, smartphones, appliances, and life-saving medical equipment, the U.S. can and must lead the way in the future - so that Communist China never again holds us hostage with an economic Sword of Damocles.

ARTICLE III: THE U.S. SHOULD EVOLVE FROM RONALD REAGAN’S DICTUM OF “PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH” TO VIVEK RAMASWAMY’S DICTUM OF “PROSPERITY THROUGH PEACE” – BY FORTIFYING OUR BADLY-OUTDATED U.S. INDUSTRIAL BASE THROUGH ONSHORING PRODUCTION, PARTNERING WITH DEMOCRATIC ALLIES, AND ESTABLISHING A NEW FLOOR OF 4% OF GDP ON MILITARY EXPENDITURES THROUGH 2032.

The Department of Defense has identified 35 strategic materials critical to the defense-industrial base. China is the leading producer of 16, and the U.S. has no primary production in 22 of them.
Each Virginia-class attack submarine needs 9,200 pounds, and each F-35 needs 920 pounds of rare earth materials. Our country is heavily dependent on China for these rare earth resources. This is dangerous: our greatest adversary is also our greatest supplier.
We will rearm and rebuild, but we will also reevaluate any future foreign wars. We will never get back the nearly 7,000 Americans killed in Afghanistan and Iraq and the nearly $3 trillion expended. We have critically depleted supplies of key weapons in Ukraine, and we are due to sell five Virginia-class submarines to Australia that we cannot easily replace. Together with our allies, we will use our valuable resources to grow the defense-industrial base of our allies to out compete China and make peace the only sensible choice.
THE VIVEK VISION: Our defense-industrial base is so weak that it risks U.S. lives here in the homeland and invites war from weakness, but it doesn’t have to stay that way: we will grow our defense-industrial base at home and abroad with our trusted allies - in a way that improves U.S. security and economic prosperity.

ARTICLE IV: WE CANNOT DEPEND ON AN ADVERSARY FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR CITIZENS: WE MUST REDUCE - AND EVENTUALLY ELIMINATE - THE PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY CHAIN’S DEPENDENCE ON CHINA.

China supplies more than 70% of America’s supply of key pharmaceutical ingredients like vitamins and up to 95% of our imports for common over-the-counter medications like ibuprofen.
China is a massive supplier of precursor chemicals for fentanyl production. Mexican cartels then produce the fentanyl and use it to lace other pills,

moving it across our porous southern border to poison thousands of innocent Americans. This resembles bioterrorism: if China is willing to poison Americans this way, why wouldn’t the CCP try to poison us in other ways in the event of conflict?

America is and will remain the world’s top producer of medicines, but we must grow our position of strength and trade more with other top producers in Europe, Israel, and India.
THE VIVEK VISION: Americans take around 30 billion doses of anti-inflammatories like ibuprofen every year, and we should not have to worry about these bottles being laced with fentanyl or other poison - or that Communist China will use access to life-saving medicines as a cudgel to advance its geopolitical goals.

ARTICLE V: WE MUST REACH NEW HEIGHTS OF PROSPERITY THROUGH FAIR BILATERAL TRADE DEALS WITH FAVORED ALLIES AND HEMISPHERIC NEIGHBORS - AS A CREDIBLE MECHANISM TO ELIMINATE OUR ECONOMIC DEPENDENCE ON COMMUNIST CHINA.

China has the world’s largest reserves of rare-earth minerals and also imports more rare earth minerals than any other country.
We will grow rare earth production at home by rescinding regulations that have unfairly shackled miners. We must immediately move to diversifying sources for rare earth minerals to allies like Brazil and India – and bringing those minerals home to America to refine.
Chile represents a promising, underutilized ally - currently a free trade partner, a hemispheric neighbor, and one of our leading sources of lithium for batteries. Chile exports eight times more lithium to China than to the U.S. American companies can diversify away from China for lithium when so much already exists in our own hemisphere and is being sent to China to later be sent back to us, if we increase refining capacity.
THE VIVEK VISION: The only serious way for us to decouple from Communist China is to expand trade with trusted allies and hemispheric neighbors on fair, bilateral terms. China is America’s third-largest trading partner which means that Chinese goods must be replaced by a combination of greater U.S. production and stronger trade relationships with allies.^[1]

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Candidate	Logo	Slogan
Vivek Ramaswamy		A New American Dream TRUTH

Campaign staff

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Vivek Ramaswamy presidential campaign national staff, 2024
Staff	Position	Prior experience	Twitter handle
Ben Yoho^[18]	Campaign CEO	Chief executive officer, the Strategy Group Company	@BenYoho
Tricia McLaughlin^[19]	Senior advisor	Communications director, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine's (R) 2022 re-election campaign	@TriciaOhio
Kathy Barnette^[19]	National grassroots director	2022 Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania	@Kathy4Truth
Chris Grant^[20]	Senior advisor	Founder, Big Dog Strategies	@ sanguinegop

Social media and campaign website

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Timeline of campaign activity

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The following section provides a timeline of Ramaswamy's campaign activity beginning in January 2023. The entries are sorted by month in reverse chronological order.

2024

January 2024 (click to expand)

January 15, 2024:
- Ramaswamy withdrew from the race. In a statement Ramaswamy said, "This entire campaign is about speaking the TRUTH. We did not achieve our goal tonight & we need an America-First patriot in the White House. The people spoke loud & clear about who they want. Tonight I am suspending my campaign and endorsing Donald J. Trump and will do everything I can to make sure he is the next U.S. President. I am enormously proud of this team, this movement, and our country."^[21]
- The Iowa Republican caucuses took place. Ramaswamy received 8% of the vote. Donald Trump (R) won with 51% of the vote, followed by Ron DeSantis (R) with 21% and Nikki Haley (R) with 19%. No other candidate received more than 10% of the vote. Ramaswamy was allocated three of the available 40 delegates in the state.^[22]
January 14, 2024: Ramaswamy campaigned in Ankeny, Ames, Coralville, Davenport, and Dubuque, Iowa.^[23]
January 13, 2024: Ramaswamy campaigned in Spencer, Okoboji, Rock Rapids, Orange City, and Sioux City, Iowa.^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]
January 12, 2024: Ramswamy campaigned in Hubbard, Fort Dodge, Council Bluffs, and West Des Moines, Iowa.^[29]^[30]^[31]^[32]
January 11, 2024: Ramaswamy campaigned in Davenport, Maquoketa, Fort Madison, Dubuque, Burlington, Cedar Rapids, Fairfield, Cedar Falls, Grundy Center, and Clive, Iowa.^[33]
January 10, 2024: Ramaswamy campaigned in Winterset, Indianola, Waukee, Marshalltown, and Des Moines, Iowa. ^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38] In Des Moines, Ramaswamy attended a rally at the state capitol protesting eminent domain for carbon capture pipelines.^[39]
January 9, 2024: Ramaswamy campaigned in Ottumwa, Oskaloosa, Pella, and West Des Moines, Iowa.^[40]
January 8, 2024: Ramaswamy campaigned in Indianola, Sioux City, Le Mars, Orange City, and Primghar, Iowa.^[41]
January 7, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Decorah, West Union, Independence, Manchester, and Waterloo, Iowa.^[42]
January 6, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Davenport, Clarence, Washington, Marengo, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.^[43]
January 5, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Ames, DeWitt, Muscatine, Monticello, Maquoketa, and Dubuque, Iowa.^[44]
January 3, 2024: Ramaswamy campaigned in Des Moines, Newton, Marshalltown, Logan, and Treynor, Iowa.^[45]
January 2, 2024: Ramaswamy campaigned in Waukon, Guttenberg, Dubuque, Maquoketa, Clinton, and Bettendorf, Iowa.^[46]

2023

December 2023 (click to expand)

December 30, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Charles City, Osage, Northwood, Algona, Humboldt, Hampton, Allison, and Grundy Center, Iowa.^[47]
December 29, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Fort Madison, Farmington, Bloomfield, Albia, Centerville, Corydon, Chariton, and Indianola, Iowa.^[48]
December 28, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Council Bluffs, Missouri Valley, Harlan, Audubon, Atlantic, Greenfield, Stuart, Jefferson, and Rockwell City, Iowa.^[49]
December 27, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Rock Rapids, Sibley, Sheldon, Orange City, Le Mars, Marcus, Holstein, and Mapleton, Iowa.^[50]
December 23, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Toledo, Vinton, Independence, Fayette, Decorah, Cresco, New Hampton, and Waverly, Iowa.^[51]
December 22, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Winterset, Leon, Mount Ayr, Creston, Corning, Bedford, Clarinda, Red Oak, and Hamburg, Iowa.^[52]
December 21, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Pella, Keota, Washington, Fairfield, Mount Pleasant, Columbus Junction, Walcott, and Davenport, Iowa.^[53]
December 20, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Waterloo, Grundy Center, Allison, Hampton, Iowa Falls, and Marshalltown, Iowa.^[54]
December 19, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Webster City, Fort Dodge, Humboldt, Algona, Forest City, Garner, and Mason City, Iowa.^[55]
December 17, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at Turning Point USA's America Fest in Phoenix, Arizona.^[56]
December 16, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Chariton, Corydon, Centerville, Bloomfield, and Keosauqua, Iowa.^[57]
December 15, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Newton, Oskaloosa, Albia, and Sigourney, Iowa.^[58]
December 14, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Guthrie Center, Greenfield, Atlantic, Audubon, Harlan, Logan, and Council Bluffs, Iowa.^[59]
December 13, 2023:
- Ramaswamy participated in a televised CNN town hall in Des Moines, Iowa.^[60]
- Ramaswamy campaigned in Urbandale, Spencer, Okoboji, Estherville, Emmetsburg, Pocahontas, Lakeside, Schaller, and Des Moines, Iowa.^[61]
December 12, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Northwood, Osage, Waukon, Elkader, Manchester, and Independence, Iowa.^[62]
December 11, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Portsmouth, Nashua, and Manchester, New Hampshire.^[63]
December 10, 2023: Ramaswamy held a campaign event in Hampton, New Hampshire.^[64]
December 9, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra's (R-Iowa) Faith and Family with the Feenstras event in Sioux Center, Iowa.^[65] Ramaswamy also campaigned in Waukee, Iowa City, Sibley, Primghar, Bettendorf, and Cherokee, Iowa.^[66]
December 8, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Wapello, Muscatine, Clarence, and DeWitt, Iowa.^[67]
December 7, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Cresco, New Hampton, and Charles City, Iowa.^[68]
December 6, 2023: Ramaswamy participated in the fourth Republican presidential primary debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Click here to read a summary of his statements.
December 5, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Des Moines, Iowa and Hoover, Alabama.^[69]^[70]
December 2, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Waukee, Dubuque, Waterloo, and Iowa City, Iowa.^[71]
December 1, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke about climate change at an event in Des Moines, Iowa.^[72]

November 2023 (click to expand)

November 30, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Urbandale, Carroll, Clarion, Ida Grove, Denison, Onawa, and Sioux City, Iowa.^[73]
November 29, 2023:
- Ramaswamy campaigned in Sidney, Clarinda, Bedford, Mount Ayr, Leon, and Indianola, Iowa.^[74]
- Ramaswamy's national political director Brian Swenson left the campaign to work for Donald Trump's (R) presidential campaign.^[75]
November 28, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Lake Mills, Garner, Clarion, Webster City, Boone, and Des Moines, Iowa.^[76]
November 26, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Nashua, Manchester, and Candia, New Hampshire.^[77]
November 25, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Hudson and Exeter, New Hampshire.^[78]
November 23, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Iowa.^[79]
November 22, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Estherville, Emmetsburg, Pocahontas, Storm Lake, Odebolt, Rockwell City, and Fort Dodge, Iowa.^[80]
November 21, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Clinton, Monticello, Tipton, Marengo, and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.^[81]
November 20, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Manchester, Independence, Vinton, Toledo, and Grinnell, Iowa.^[82]
November 19, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Osceola, Creston, Corning, Red Oak, and Glenwood, Iowa.^[83]
November 18, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Ankeny, Bettendorf, and Iowa City, Iowa.^[84]
November 17, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Iowa Falls, Marshalltown, and Pella.^[85] He also participated in a Family Leader presidential candidate forum with Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis in Des Moines, Iowa. Click here to watch a video of the forum.^[86]
November 16, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at the North American Blockchain Summit in Fort Worth, Texas, and held a campaign event in Council Bluffs, Iowa.^[87]^[88]
November 12, 2023: Ramaswamy held campaign events in Salem and Farmington, New Hampshire.^[89]
November 11, 2023:
- Ramaswamy held campaign events in Hillsborough and Merrimack, New Hampshire.^[90]
- Ramaswamy's campaign said it would move its headquarters from Columbus, Ohio, to a split headquarters in Iowa and New Hampshire.^[91]
November 8, 2023: Ramaswamy participated in the third Republican presidential primary debate in Miami, Florida. Click here to read a summary of his statements.
November 7, 2023: Ramaswamy held a rally in Miami, Florida, where he spoke about his No to Neocons pledge. The pledge said, "In order to be considered for a position within the Ramaswamy Administration, every prospective political appointee must commit to and sign this pledge: 1) Avoiding WW3 is a vital national objective; 2) War is never a preference, only a necessity; 3) The sole duty of U.S. policymakers is to U.S. citizens."^[92]^[93]
November 4, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at the Florida Republican Party's Freedom Summit in Orlando, Florida.^[94] Click here to view his remarks.
November 2, 2023:
- Politico reported that the Ramaswamy campaign would begin a broadcast, cable, radio, digital, and direct mail ad buy in New Hampshire and Iowa on Nov. 4. The campaign planned to spend up to $8 million in Iowa and up to $4 million in New Hampshire, with the ads set to run through each state's primary date.^[95]
- Ramaswamy wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal titled "Cancel Culture Won’t Defeat Hamas." Ramaswamy wrote, "Gov. Ron DeSantis last week instructed the chancellor of Florida’s state university system to disband campus chapters of Students for Justice in Palestine after the group celebrated the Oct. 7 attack and called for protests against Israel. In banning the group, Florida officials accused it of 'knowingly provid[ing] material support' to a foreign terrorist organization—a crime under Florida law. Nikki Haley vowed to 'pull schools’ tax exemption status' if they don’t 'combat antisemitism in all of its forms,' including 'denying Israel’s right to exist.' [...] Fair-weather fans of the First Amendment like Mr. DeSantis and Ms. Haley undermine the conservative crusade against cancel culture. We can’t condition our pleas on whether we agree with the views expressed."^[96]
November 1, 2023: Ramaswamy held a town hall in Windham, New Hampshire, and participated in a debate with U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) at St. Anselm College's New Hampshire Institute of Politics in Manchester, New Hampshire.^[97]^[98]

October 2023 (click to expand)

October 30, 2023: Ramaswamy held a town hall in Sioux City, Iowa.^[99]
October 29, 2023: Ramaswamy held a campaign event in Des Moines, Iowa.^[100]
October 28, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at the Republican Jewish Coalition Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Click here to view his remarks.^[101]
October 23, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Ames, Iowa.^[102]
October 21, 2023: Ramaswamy held a town hall in Indianola, Iowa.^[103]
October 20, 2023: Ramaswamy held a town hall in Fort Madison, Iowa, and spoke at Rep. Mariannette Miller Meeks' annual tailgate in Iowa City, Iowa.^[104]^[105]
October 19, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Iowa City, Iowa.^[106]
October 15, 2023: The October quarterly Federal Election Commission campaign finance reporting deadline passed. Ramaswamy raised $7 million and spent $12 million, with $4 million in cash on hand as of September 30.^[107]
October 14, 2023: Ramaswamy participated in a USA Today town hall in Exeter, New Hampshire. Click here to watch the town hall.^[108]
October 13, 2023:
- Ramaswamy visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas.^[109]
- Ramaswamy spoke at the New Hampshire Republican Party's First in the Nation Leadership Summit in Nashua, New Hampshire. Click here to view his remarks.^[110]
October 12, 2023: Ramaswamy held a town hall at the University of Texas in Austin.^[111]
October 9, 2023: Ramaswamy held a town hall at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, and a town hall at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina.^[112]
October 7, 2023:
- Ramaswamy issued a statement in response to Hamas' military attacks against Israel, and Israel's subsequent declaration of war. Ramaswamy said, "I am appalled by the barbaric and medieval Hamas attacks. Shooting civilians and kidnapping children are war crimes. Israel’s right to exist & defend itself should never be doubted and Iran-backed Hamas & Hezbollah cannot be allowed to prevail. I stand with Israel and the U.S. should too."^[113]
- Ramaswamy visited the U.S.-Canada border in Swanton, Vermont.^[114]
October 6, 2023: Ramaswamy held a town hall in Gorham and participated in a New England College Center for Civic Engagement town hall in Henniker, New Hampshire.^[115]
October 5, 2023: Ramaswamy held a rally in Des Moines, Iowa.^[116]
October 4, 2023: Ramaswamy held a town hall in Saginaw and a rally in Big Rapids, Michigan.^[117]^[118]
October 1, 2023: Ramaswamy held a rally in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[119]

September 2023 (click to expand)

September 27, 2023: Ramaswamy participated in the second Republican presidential primary debate in Simi Valley, California. Click here to read a summary of his statements.
September 25, 2023: Ramaswamy released a policy proposal to "dismantle the climate change agenda and harness America’s resource wealth." The plan said, "the U.S. should evolve from Ronald Reagan's dictum of 'peace through strength' to Vivek Ramaswamy's dictum of 'prosperity through peace' - by fortifying our badly-outdated U.S. industrial base through on-shoring production, partnering with democratic allies, and establishing a new floor of 4% of GDP on military expenditures through 2032" and "we cannot depend on an adversary for the health of our citizens: we must reduce - and eventually eliminate - the pharmaceutical supply chain's dependence on China."^[120]
September 22, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at the Michigan Republican Party's Mackinac Republican Leadership Conference on Mackinac Island, Michigan.^[121]
September 21, 2023: Ramaswamy delivered remarks about his economic and China policy in New Albany, Ohio. Click here to view his remarks.^[122]
September 17, 2023: Ramaswamy attended the Clay County, Iowa, Fair.^[123]
September 16, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition Town Hall in Des Moines, Iowa. Click here to view his remarks.^[124]
September 15, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at the Family Research Council Pray, Vote, Stand summit in Washington, D.C..^[125] Click here to view his remarks.
September 14, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Dubuque, Decorah, Fayette, and Waterloo, Iowa.^[126]
September 13, 2023: Ramaswamy delivered remarks in Washington, D.C. about reducing the size of the federal workforce.^[127] Ramaswamy also held a campaign event in Bettendorf, Iowa.^[128]
September 11, 2023: Ramaswamy visited the Sept. 11 memorial in New York City.^[129]
September 10, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Hollis and Durham, New Hampshire.^[130]
September 9, 2023: Ramaswamy attended the 4th Congressional District Republicans Presidential Tailgate ahead of the Iowa vs. Iowa State football game in Ames, Iowa.^[131]
September 4, 2023: Ramaswamy participated in the Milford Labor Day Parade and campaigned in Salem, New Hampshire.^[132]^[133]
September 3, 2023: Ramaswamy held a campaign event in North Conway, New Hampshire.^[134]
September 2, 2023: Ramswamy campaigned in Amherst, New Hampshire.^[135]
September 1, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Hampton, New Hampshire.^[136]

August 2023 (click to expand)

August 31, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Clear Lake, Iowa.^[137]
August 26, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Winterset, Iowa.^[138]
August 25, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Newton, Pella, and Indianola, Iowa.^[139]^[140]^[141]
August 23, 2023: Ramaswamy participated in the first Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Click here to read a summary of his statements.
August 22, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke outside the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where the first Republican presidential debate took place on Aug. 23.^[142]
August 21, 2023:
- Iowa State Treasurer Roby Smith (R) endorsed Ramaswamy.^[143]
- The Atlantic published a profile of Ramaswamy titled "Vivek Ramaswamy's Truth."^[144]
August 19, 2023:
- Ramaswamy spoke at The Gathering, a conservative conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Click here to watch his remarks.^[145]
- Ramaswamy spoke at the Dorchester County Republican Party's Faith, Family, & Freedom Dinner in Summerville, South Carolina.^[146]
August 17, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke about foreign policy at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda, California.^[147]
August 15, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Rochester, New Hampshire.^[148]
August 14, 2023:
- Ramaswamy participated in a NewsNation televised town hall in Chicago, Illinois.^[149]
- Ramaswamy commented on the Georgia grand jury indictment of Donald Trump (R). Ramaswamy said, "Here we go again: another disastrous Trump indictment. It’s downright pathetic that Fulton County publicly posted the indictment on its website even before the grand jury had finished convening. Since the four prosecutions against Trump are using novel & untested legal theories, it’s fair game for him to do the same in defense: immediately file a motion to dismiss for a constitutional due process violation for publicly issuing an indictment before the grand jury had actually signed one."^[150]
August 13, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) and Gail Huff Brown's No B.S. BBQ in Rye, New Hampshire.^[151]
August 12, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at the Des Moines Register's Political Soapbox event at the Iowa State Fair. Ramaswamy also participated in Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' (R) Fair-Side Chats event. Click here to view his Political Soapbox remarks, and click here to view his Fair-Side Chat discussion with Reynolds.^[152]
August 8, 2023: Ramaswamy signed the Republican National Committee pledges necessary to qualify for the first Republican primary debate.^[153]
August 6, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Des Moines, Iowa, and spoke at Rep. Ashley Hinson's (R-Iowa) BBQ Bash event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.^[154]
August 5, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Vail, Iowa.^[155]
August 3, 2023: Ramaswamy held a town hall in Concord, New Hampshire.^[156]
August 1, 2023: Ramaswamy commented on the federal indictment of Donald Trump (R) related to interference in the certification of the 2020 presidential election. Ramaswamy said, "This is un-American & I commit to pardoning Trump for this indictment. Donald Trump isn’t the cause of what happened on Jan 6. The real cause was systematic & pervasive censorship of citizens in the year leading up to it."^[157]

July 2023 (click to expand)

July 28, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at the Iowa Republican Party's Lincoln Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa. Click here to watch his remarks.^[158]
July 27, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at the Young America's Foundation National Conervative Student Conference in Washington, D.C..^[159]
July 25, 2023: Ramaswamy wrote an op-ed for the New York Post titled "We must fix the sheer human misery I saw on the streets of Philadelphia." Ramaswamy wrote, "We must stop incentivizing people to do the very things we don’t want them to do. If we want people to work, stop paying them not to work. If we want people to be clean and sober, stop handing out needles and crack pipes."^[160]
July 24, 2023: Ramaswamy released policy proposals detailing how he would close the Department of Education, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.^[161]
July 18, 2023:
- Ramaswamy released a shortlist of potential Supreme Court appointees, including U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah).^[162]
- Ramaswamy commented on the announcement that Trump could be indicted as part of investigations into the breach of the U.S. Capitol during the electoral vote count on January 6, 2021, saying, "I would have made very different judgments than President Trump did, but a bad judgment is not a crime ... It's a mistake to say he was responsible for Jan. 6. The real cause was systematic and pervasive censorship in the lead-up to those events."^[163]
July 15, 2023:
- Ramaswamy spoke at the Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida.^[164]
- The July quarterly Federal Election Commission campaign finance reporting deadline passed. Ramaswamy raised $8 million and spent $8 million with $9 million in cash on hand as of June 30.^[165]
July 14, 2023: Ramaswamy said his campaign had reached the 40,000 donor threshold necessary to participate in the first Republican primary debate.^[166]
July 12, 2023: Ramaswamy appeared at FreedomFest in Memphis, Tennessee.^[167]
July 11, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Des Moines, Iowa, and Manchester and Nashua, New Hampshire.^[168]
July 10, 2023:
- Ramaswamy launched a fundraising program called Vivek's Kitchen Cabinet. The program would allow supporters to earn a 10% commission on fundraising they do for Ramaswamy's campaign. In the announcement, Ramaswamy said, "A small oligopoly of political fundraisers is already making an ungodly amount of $$ on this election. [...] If someone else is getting rich on this, it might as well be you."^[169]^[170]
- Ramaswamy spoke at an Iowa Republican Party event in Ottumwa, Iowa.^[171]
July 4, 2023: Ramaswamy participated in an Independence Day parade in Cincinnati, Ohio.^[172]
July 1, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at the Moms for Liberty conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[173]

June 2023 (click to expand)

June 27, 2023:
- Ramaswamy wrote an op-ed for the Washington Examiner titled "The human suffering in our cities is a symptom of deep cultural rot. Here's how I plan to fix it." Ramaswamy wrote, "The first step is to stop incentivizing people to do the very things we don’t want them to do. If we want people to work, then stop paying them not to work. If we want people to be clean and sober, then stop handing out needles and crack pipes. Enabling destructive behavior is not compassionate."^[174]
- Ramaswamy held a town hall in Londonderry, New Hampshire.^[175]
June 25, 2023:
- Ramaswamy wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal titled "The Espionage Act’s Ugly, Un-American History." Ramaswamy wrote, "Instead of periodically pardoning defendants, commuting their sentences, dropping charges and apologizing for prosecutorial abuses, we should admit a century-old policy mistake and repeal the Espionage Act. If I’m elected president, I’ll urge Congress to do that—and order the Justice Department to stop enforcing the act in the meantime."^[176]
- Ramaswamy held a town hall in Alton, New Hampshire.^[177]
June 24, 2023: Ramaswamy attended the Porcupine Freedom Festival in Lancaster, New Hampshire.^[178]
June 23, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at the Faith and Freedom Coalition conference in Washington, D.C..^[179]
June 22, 2023: Ramaswamy attended Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's joint address to congress. The Anti-Woke Caucus, led by Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), invited Ramaswamy as a guest.^[180]
June 20, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.^[181]
June 15, 2023:
- Ramaswamy held a meet-and-greet in Dubuque, Iowa.^[182]
- Ramaswamy held a meeting with Iowa business owners in Davenport, Iowa.^[183]
June 14, 2023: Ramaswamy held a town hall in Sioux City, Iowa.^[184]
June 13, 2023: Speaking in front of the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. U.S. Courthouse in Miami, Florida, Ramaswamy urged all presidential candidates to promise to pardon Trump if elected in 2024.^[185]
June 12, 2023: Ramaswamy announced that his campaign had filed a Freedom of Information Act request to the U.S. Department of Justice, saying that the request aimed to "uncover *exactly* what the White House communicated to Merrick Garland & Jack Smith about the unprecedented indictment of a former U.S. President & Biden’s disfavored opponent in this election." Ramaswamy's campaign requested access to "any records ... concerning the decision to bring a criminal indictment against President Donald J. Trump."^[186]
June 9, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at the Georgia Republican Convention in Columbus, Georgia.^[187]
June 8, 2023: Ramaswamy commented on Trump's indictment on charges he mishandled classified documents. "It would be much easier for me to win this election if Trump weren’t in the race, but I stand for principles over politics. I commit to pardon Trump promptly on January 20, 2025 and to restore the rule of law in our country," Ramaswamy said.^[188]
June 5, 2023: Ramaswamy attended an event in Garrett County, Maryland.^[189]
June 4, 2023: Ramaswamy commented on the war in Ukraine. In an interview with ABC's Martha Raddatz, Ramaswamy said, “What I think we need to do is end the Ukraine war on peaceful terms that, yes, do make some major concessions to Russia, including freezing the current lines of control … and also a permanent commitment not to allow Ukraine to enter NATO ... But in return, Russia has to leave its treaty and its joint military agreement with China. That better advances American interests.”^[190]
June 3, 2023: Ramaswamy attended an event organized by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) in Des Moines, Iowa.^[191]
June 2, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in New Hampshire.^[192]

May 2023 (click to expand)

May 30, 2023: Ramaswamy fired two senior advisors to his campaign, Gail Gitcho and Henry Goodwin, after their firm registered as having done public relations work for the LIV Golf league, which is funded by Saudi Arabia. Goodwin said, "We registered with FARA as working for LIV Golf because it was the right thing to do under US law: if Vivek Ramaswamy wants to fire us for that, that’s up to him. We wish him the best."^[193]
May 28, 2023: Ramaswamy commented on the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, saying, "If I were in Congress, I would absolutely vote against the debt ceiling deal. Not taking anything away from Kevin McCarthy here, he negotiated some nice incremental steps. But if we actually want to think on the timescales of history, we're going to have to act like it rather than playing this two-year election cycle game."^[194]
May 27, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Urbandale, Des Moines, and Osceola, Iowa.^[195]
May 26, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Cedar Falls, Iowa.^[196]
May 20, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at the Bitcoin 2023 conference. Click here to watch his remarks.^[197]
May 19, 2023: Ramaswamy held a town hall in Chicago, Illinois.^[198]
May 18, 2023: Ramaswamy's American Exceptionalism PAC hired Michael Biundo as a senior advisor.^[199]
May 15, 2023: Ramaswamy appeared at rallies in Florence and Lexington, Kentucky, alongside Kentucky gubernatorial primary candidate Kelly Knight Craft (R).^[200]
May 14, 2023: Ramaswamy wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal titled "The Case for an Older Voting Age With Conditions." Ramaswamy wrote, "But voting is more than a physical act. It is the expression of a duty we bear as citizens. Serving your nation, knowing something about your nation, or at least living in your nation for a short time as an adult isn’t too much to ask. Our lost civic pride won’t reappear automatically. Reviving it will require boldness."^[201]
May 13, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.^[202]
May 12, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Goose Lake, Iowa.^[203]
May 11, 2023:
- At a campaign rally in Urbandale, Iowa, Ramaswamy announced a proposal for a constitutional amendment requiring individuals aged 18 to 24 to either take a civics test or perform six months of military or first responder service in order to be qualified to vote.^[204]^[205]
- Ramaswamy commented on the end of Title 42, saying, "The managerial class in D.C., with Biden as its pawn, now spits in the face of the rule of law itself. 14k illegal immigrants will now cross our Swiss-cheese southern border *daily* as Title 42 now ends. I will use the military to secure the border without apology."^[206]
May 10, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, Iowa.^[207]
May 9, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Treynor, Iowa.^[208]
May 7, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Howell and Novi, Michigan.^[209]
May 6, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Highland, Michigan.^[210]
May 4, 2023: Ramaswamy participated in a WMUR town hall in Manchester, New Hampshire, and campaigned in Seabrook and Durham.^[211]
May 3, 2023: Ramaswamy held a town hall in Keene, New Hampshire.^[212]
May 2, 2023: Ramaswamy held a town hall in Bedford, New Hampshire.^[213]
May 1, 2023:
- Ramaswamy spoke at the Darke County Republican Party Lincoln Day dinner in Darke County, Ohio.^[214]
- Ramaswamy wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal titled "Prosperity Requires a Stable Dollar." Ramaswamy wrote, "The standard account for the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and now First Republic is that the Federal Reserve held interest rates too low for too long, only to hike rates too high too quickly. The deeper problem, however, is how the Fed has tried to achieve its mandate. Attempting to balance low inflation and full unemployment—trying to hit two targets with one arrow—has proved to be disastrous."^[215]

April 2023 (click to expand)

April 30, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Greenville, South Carolina.^[216]
April 29, 2023: Ramaswamy appeared at a town hall at the Carolina Pregnancy Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He also campaigned in Lexington and Greenville.^[217]
April 28, 2023: Ramaswamy appeared at an Americans for Prosperity town hall and a Moms for Liberty town hall in South Carolina.^[218]
April 27, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at the Richland County GOP convention in Columbia, South Carolina.^[219]
April 24, 2023:
- Ramaswamy campaigned in Des Moines, Iowa.^[220]
- Ramaswamy issued a statement responding to President Joe Biden's (D) re-election campaign announcement. Ramaswamy said, "The biggest farce in American politics is the claim that Joe Biden is declaring his candidacy for U.S. President tomorrow. He’s not really. It’s the managerial class using its compliant puppet to advance its own agenda. That’s why the DNC refuses to hold a debate. Says it all."^[221]
April 23, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Des Moines and Johnston, Iowa.^[222]
April 22, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at an event hosted by the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition in Clive, Iowa.^[223] He also campaigned in Monticello and Jefferson, Iowa.^[224]
April 21, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at the Jackson County Iowa Republican Central Committee spring dinner in Maquoketa, Iowa.^[225]
April 19, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at an event hosted by the Ohio State College Republicans.^[226]
April 17, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Sea Brook and Portsmouth, New Hampshire.^[227]
April 16, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Dover, Brentwood, and Nashua, New Hampshire.^[228]^[229]
April 15, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in North Conway, Berlin, and Littleton, New Hampshire.^[230]
April 14, 2023:
- Breibart published an exclusive release from the Ramaswamy campaign. The release was a 25-point policy agenda titled America First 2.0. Click here to read the plan.^[231]
- Ramaswamy spoke at the annual National Rifle Association conference.^[232]
- Ramaswamy campaigned in Manchester and Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.^[233]
April 13, 2023: Ramaswamy began a 10-county bus tour through New Hampshire. He addressed the New Hampshire Senate in Concord, and he also visited Manchester and Henniker.^[234]
April 6, 2023: Ramaswamy hired New Hampshire state Rep. Fred Doucette (R) as a senior strategist and New Hampshire campaign co-chair and Josh Whitehouse as New Hampshire state director. Both Doucette and Whitehouse worked on Donald Trump's (R) 2016 campaign.^[235]
April 5, 2023: Ramaswamy wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal titled "The President Can Pardon Trump." He wrote, "Mr. Trump may try to pardon himself if he is elected, but that would be politically awkward, legally contested and unprecedented. President Nixon’s Justice Department opined that a self-pardon is constitutionally impermissible. Better for Mr. Biden to pardon Mr. Trump now. If he doesn’t, the next president who isn’t Donald Trump should."^[236]
April 3, 2023: Ramaswamy launched a podcast. His first guest was political commentator Dave Rubin.^[237]

March 2023 (click to expand)

March 31, 2023: Ramaswamy spoke at the National Review Institute's Ideas Summit.^[238]
March 29, 2023: Ramaswamy aired his first television ad in New Hampshire. The six-figure ad buy was set to air in both New Hampshire and Iowa over the course of two weeks.^[239]
March 27, 2023: Ramaswamy wrote an op-ed for the New York Post titled "The USA is experiencing a crisis of faith — in itself." He wrote, "America faced a national identity crisis in the late 1970s, and President Ronald Reagan led us out of it with a landslide election in 1980. We can do it again in 2024. We don’t have to be a nation in an inevitable decline. We don’t have to be Rome (or Carthage). It starts with our schools, where parents must fight back against the indoctrination that says being an American is something to apologize for, and that hard work isn’t worthwhile."^[240]
March 26, 2023: Ramaswamy attended the Crawford County for Life Rally at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Denison, Iowa.^[241]
March 25, 2023: Ramaswamy held a meet and greet in Denison, Iowa, at Bella Sera Restaurant.^[241]
March 18, 2023: Ramswamy participated in a forum in Charleston, South Carolina hosted by the Palmetto Family Council, a group whose mission "is to persuasively present biblical principles in the centers of influence on issues affecting the family through research, communication, and networking." Ramaswamy appeared alongside other political figures, including fellow 2024 Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R).^[242]^[243]
March 12, 2023: Ramaswamy wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal about the Silicon Valley Bank collapse and the Treasury Department's response. He wrote, "To the extent that failing to make SVB’s uninsured depositors whole would have heightened the risk of a run on other banks, the Federal Reserve should have played its role as lender of last resort. Another option would have been to increase the FDIC coverage limit to a level that would avert a run, shoring up public confidence in other U.S. banks without showing favoritism toward SVB."^[244]
March 11, 2023: Ramaswamy campaigned in Cincinnati, Ohio. He appeared at an event hosted by the Hamilton County Republican Party.^[245]
March 8, 2023: Ramaswamy wrote an op-ed published by the Daily Mail. He wrote, "I won't cherry-pick which reporters I talk to, even if they're mean to me (and yes, that includes NBC). If you want to be the leader of the free world and stare down Xi Jinping, you can't be a crybaby about liberal journalists." He also called on the Republican National Committee to release the primary debate participation criteria, saying, "They want to see 'how things go,' but that's a formula for game-playing. The DNC tried to do it to Bernie in 2015."^[246]
March 7, 2023: One America News Network asked Ramaswamy how he felt about running against Trump. Ramaswamy said, "I'm not afraid of anybody. Donald Trump's a friend. I've got to give him credit where credit's due. I wouldn't have thought about doing what I'm doing now if he didn't do what he did as an outsider in 2015."^[247]
March 3, 2023:
- Ramaswamy spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C. and at the Texas Public Policy Foundation Summit in Austin, Texas.^[248]^[249]
- Ramaswamy signed the Moms for Liberty Parent Pledge, which reads: "I pledge to honor the fundamental rights of parents including, but not limited to the right to direct the education, medical care, and moral upbringing of their children. I pledge to advance policies that strengthen parental involvement and decision-making, increase transparency, defend against government overreach, and secure parental rights at all levels of government."^[250]^[251]
March 2, 2023: Ramaswamy tweeted about his policy on Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG). He said, "Democrats are the ones who used to be skeptical of undue corporate influence on politics. ESG is that on steroids. For a political party that loves to ritually bemoan 'threats to democracy,' it’s funny they teamed up with the likes of BlackRock to create the biggest one of all."^[252]
March 1, 2023: Ramaswamy made appearances on Fox News and Newsmax. Click here to watch his Fox News interview with Maria Bartiromo, and click here to watch his Newsmax interview with Jenn Pellegrino.

February 2023 (click to expand)

February 28, 2023: Ramaswamy tweeted a video criticizing the United States' relationship with China. He said, "we are in a co-dependent relationship with the CCP. Co-dependent relationships don't end well, the only question is who ends it first. [...] It will involve some measure of sacrifice. Because we put ourselves in this position that we relied on them for the chips that power the phones in our pocket, the laptops that put this on the screen, probably the refrigerator that kept that water bottle cold."^[253]
February 27, 2023: Fox News' Steve Hilton interviewed Ramaswamy. They discussed, among other things, the administrative state. Ramaswamy said he wanted to shut down the Department of Education, wanted to give civil servants eight year term limits, and that "it is [his] top domestic priority - to actually decimate the administrative state and restore a three branch government, not a four or five branch government as we have today between the alphabet soup of the administrative state and the private sector that they're increasingly deputizing to do their dirty work."^[254]
February 24, 2023: Ramaswamy appeared on on Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk's podcast to discuss his campaign platform.^[255]
February 23, 2022: Ramaswamy campaigned in Iowa, holding a town hall and speaking to Republican members of the Iowa General Assembly.^[256]^[257]
February 22, 2023: During his first visit to New Hampshire since launching his presidential campaign, Ramaswamy held a town hall style event in Manchester, New Hampshire.^[258]
February 21, 2023: Ramaswamy announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential primary.^[259]

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