Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024 and dropped out after coming in fourth in the Iowa caucus in January 2024. He previously worked in the finance and biotech sectors. In November 2024, President Donald Trump named Ramaswamy to co-lead the Government Efficiency Department, a presidential advisory committee. But Ramaswamy in January 2025 decided not to serve on the committee as he considered running for Ohio governor.
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Ramaswamy’s Pants on Fire claim that the Democratic platform includes the ‘great replacement theory’
“The great replacement theory is not some grand right-wing conspiracy theory. But a basic statement of the Democratic Party's platform.”
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“Jan. 6 now does look like it was an inside job.”
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An exemption in a new Florida law “allowed Chinese nationals to buy land within a 20-mile radius of a military base, lobbied for by one…
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“Gen Z is divided 50-50 on whether they support Hamas or Israel.”
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"95% of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals" in the U.S. come from China.
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"Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.”
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Being transgender is a "mental health disorder."
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Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 6, 2021, could have approved the 2020 electoral votes on the condition that Congress pass an overhaul of election…
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“The reality is more people are dying of bad climate change policies than they are of actual climate change.”
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“Young Americans across this country are no longer proud to be American.”