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Honestly with Bari Weiss

Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Wants a Second American Revolution

Honestly with Bari Weiss

The Free Press

News, Society & Culture

4.67.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

Vivek Ramaswamy, at 37 years old, is the first ever millennial Republican presidential candidate. He graduated from Harvard, then Yale Law School, and worked as a partner at a hedge fund before starting a successful biotech company, where he made millions. It’s an impressive background. But he lacks any political experience, so he’s not someone pundits think has a shot in the already crowded GOP primary field. And yet, somehow, his name is in the news almost every single day. His tweets are constantly going viral. And recent polling suggests that he’s hitting a nerve with the American people: it’s only August and Vivek is polling in third place, ahead of established politicians and a former vice president. On today’s show, Vivek explains he thinks he can win the nomination and the presidency—by beating Trump by going further than Trump, and by being a kind of Trump 2.0. He talks about why he thinks we’ve lost our soul as a nation, and why he thinks we need a “second American revolution.” And—from immigration to foreign policy to dismantling the Department of Education—what a President Ramaswamy, with all of his radical proposals, would do for the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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I'm Barry Weiss and this is honestly. When Barack Obama was running for office back in 2008,

0:40.0

he would open every speech the same way.

0:42.4

He would describe himself as the skinny kid with the funny name.

0:46.4

He would make jokes about it and always was sure to tell people that his mom was from Kansas

0:50.6

and his dad was from Kenya. And I think the reason Obama introduced himself this way was obvious.

0:56.0

He knew he was an outsider,

0:58.0

or at least he was sure that he would be perceived that way,

1:01.0

and it was self-deprecating and disarming to get ahead of that.

1:06.1

Here we are in 2023 and we have another funny kid with another funny name running for

1:11.4

president.

1:12.4

Vivek Ramaswami. Vivaic Ramaswami. Vivek Ramaswami.

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Vivek Ramaswami.

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Thank you so much for being with us.

1:17.0

When do you sleep?

1:18.0

It's good to see you guys.

1:19.0

He's very young.

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