Vivek Ramaswamy is notably the only real Republican presidential hopeful to overtly endorse Trump
Washington:
Republican presidential aspirant Vivek Ramaswamy stated on Sunday that whereas he expects to grow to be the get together’s nominee for the November 2024 US elections, will vote for Donald Trump if the previous president secures the nomination.
Appearing on a Sunday speak present, the 38-year-old Indian American entrepreneur additionally expressed his intention to pardon Trump, who at the moment faces an array of authorized challenges, ought to he be elected as President of the United States.
“If Donald Trump’s the nominee — yes, I will support him, and if I’m the president, yes, I will pardon him because that will help reunite the country. But it’s not the most important thing I’m going to do as the next president. It is the table stakes for moving this country forward,” Mr Ramaswamy informed ABC information.
Following his spectacular efficiency within the inaugural Republican major presidential debate final month, Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur-turned-politician, has skilled a surge in recognition, competing alongside fellow Indian American rival Nikki Haley, the previous Governor of South Carolina.
Mr Ramaswamy is notably the only real Republican presidential hopeful to overtly endorse Trump, who’s dealing with a number of expenses and is at the moment out on bail, and his ‘America First’ insurance policies, together with stances on points like local weather change.
“My bottom line is that I will vote for the person who I think is best positioned to move this country forward. I do not think that’s Joe Biden. I do not think that is whichever other puppet, Kamala Harris or anybody else, that they roll out after Joe Biden,” he stated.
Vivek Ramaswamy stated whereas he could have disagreements with a number of of his Republican counterparts on numerous points, he firmly believes that any of them can be more practical than Joe Biden or Kamala Harris in steering the US in direction of progress.
“That is my arbitrator when I cast my vote for who the next president is — who’s going to serve the interests of the American people? That’s not some sort of commitment driven by vengeance or grievance. It is driven by a commitment to our purpose as citizens of this country.
“That’s what we have to revive within the United States, our civic spirit, remembering that even the ‘America First’ motion is greater than Donald Trump. It is greater than me. It is greater than one political candidate,” he said.
Mr Ramaswamy said the ‘America First’ movement belongs to the people of the US, the same people who still retain the power to elect their next president, and he aims to preserve this system rather than see it replaced by a federal police state determining the nation’s leadership, “and I stand by that with out apology”.
Vivek Ramaswamy said he is in the US presidential race because he expects to be the Republican nominee and lead the country forward.
The Indian American candidate reiterated his opinion that many of the charges against Donald Trump are politically motivated that set a detrimental precedent for the United States.
“I don’t wish to see us grow to be a banana republic the place the executive police state makes use of police drive to get rid of opponents from competitors. That’s not the best way it really works,” he stated.
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