Conservative businessman Vivek Ramaswamy announced Tuesday night his candidacy for president in 2024, entering the Republican Party race with former President Donald Trump and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley.
Ramaswamy announced his candidacy in an interview on Fox's Tucker Carlson Tonight. He took advantage of the opportunity to announce what his first measures would be if he were to become president. He would end affirmative action; abandon climate religion; completely decouple from China, and limit the terms of office of federal bureaucrats to eight years.
I challenge every GOP candidate to join me in making some easy commitments:
- End affirmative action
- Abandon climate religion
- Total decoupling from China
- 8-year limits for all federal bureaucrats
- Say NO to central bank digital currencies
- Release the “state action” files— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) February 22, 2023
As U.S. President, I will end federally mandated affirmative action - full stop. I will repeal Lyndon Johnson’s Executive Order 11246 which mandates race-based quotas. Every Republican since Johnson had the opportunity to do it. I’ll do it on Day 1 without apology. https://t.co/zwMyInEcDh
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) February 22, 2023
The entrepreneur is the son of Indian immigrants. He is a strong advocate of meritocratic policies and an opponent of progressive initiatives such as critical race theory. The New Yorker magazine named him "CEO of Anti-Woke, Inc." a few months ago.
America’s strength is not our diversity but the ideals that unify us across our differences. Merit. Free speech. Truth. Accountability. I believe deep in my bones these ideals still exist, and I am running for President to revive them.https://t.co/LcDB04ihNQ pic.twitter.com/ijVRyawQPZ
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) February 22, 2023
Ramaswamy intends to kick off the campaign by visiting New Hampshire, one of the critical states for Republicans in the primaries.
