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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’
By Maria Ramirez Uribe
December 13, 2023

“The great replacement theory is not some grand right-wing conspiracy theory. But a basic statement of the Democratic Party's platform.”

Ramaswamy’s Pants on Fire debate claim that Jan. 6 was an ‘inside job’
By Amy Sherman
December 7, 2023

“Jan. 6 now does look like it was an inside job.”

Ramaswamy misses details in debate story about DeSantis donor, Florida anti-China land law
By Samantha Putterman
November 15, 2023

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…

Vivek Ramaswamy says 50% of Gen Z Americans support Hamas. We say that’s Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson
November 2, 2023

“Gen Z is divided 50-50 on whether they support Hamas or Israel.”

Vivek Ramaswamy offers dubious figure for China’s role in supplying pharmaceutical ingredients
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman
October 26, 2023

"95% of over-the-counter pharmaceuticals" in the U.S. come from China.

Vivek Ramaswamy claims Russia leads the US in hypersonic missiles. That’s Half True.
By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman
October 20, 2023

"Russia has hypersonic missile capabilities ahead of that of the U.S.”

Vivek Ramaswamy got it wrong; being trans isn’t a mental health disorder.
By Grace Abels
September 28, 2023

Being transgender is a "mental health disorder."

Why Vivek Ramaswamy’s claim about what Mike Pence could have done on Jan. 6 is False
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman
August 29, 2023

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…

More deaths from climate policies than climate change? Scientists say Ramaswamy’s claim is baseless
By Amy Sherman, Jeff Cercone
August 24, 2023

“The reality is more people are dying of bad climate change policies than they are of actual climate change.”

Vivek Ramaswamy is partially right about patriotism decline among young Americans
By Sofia Bliss-Carrascosa
June 28, 2023

“Young Americans across this country are no longer proud to be American.”

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