Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign also stopped all TV ad spending with less than a month to go before Iowa and New Hampshire. So yeah, this is the only way he can get any attention right now before he drops out in February and tries to become a right wing media personality.
Anecdotal, but my grandma who is very racist and conservative was confused why he was running because only natural born citizens can be president. Needless to say she was disappointed when I told her that he was born in Cincinnati.
Louisiana rednecks loved themselves some Bobby Jindal (former Republican governor of LA of subcontinental extraction). It doesn't really surprise me when racists are illogical about their racism - since racism is a fundamentally illogical thing in the first place.
I think people saw promise, he is clearly personally smart, but he has proven himself not up to the job at the debates. I think he'll get the Buttigieg treatment if Trump wins, set him up with some resume fodder and hope he runs in 12 years or something.
he's hoping Trump will look at all his loyalty and overlook the fact that his skin is the wrong shade, and ask him to be his VP.
the thing is, Trump is a racist and will never over look that, the other thing is, Vivek is primarying against trump, and he's going to not over look that too.
This makes no sense in the context. Being on the me ballot doesn't win him anything, and might anger the maga base, or even trump himself, so it would hurt him. It's a no brainer from a political perspective to say he wouldnt go on the ballot.
Demographic groups that have increased amongst Republican voters over the last 3 elections include hispanic protestants, hispanic catholics, and black protestants.
Not really. He would actually have to have a universe out there in the multiverse where he does win for this to be a factor. He doesn't win even a 1,000th of any single city (even if you counted country wide total as votes in one city) in this universe though.
Well we need one of them to stay on the ballot, preferably Haley or Christie. I’m voting for Haley in the primary and I hope that millions of progressives, liberals, and moderates join me. It’s the only way we can stop Trump from potentially ruining the U.S. for good. Stopping him at the primary stage would be preferable to him potentially winning another general election.
Is that supposed to be a consequence people take seriously?
Tell me you want to lose an election without telling me. Clearly you're only in it to make the number of people trump beat higher. Actively does not want to win.
I don't see any drawback to it. Why not make a bigger protest and withdraw from all 50 states? It's not like he needs them, since he is running for VP.
Ramaswamy challenged Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis and Chris Christie to follow his lead and takem themselves off the Maine ballot.
This is what an actual threat to democracy looks like. The system is hellbent on taking this man out, the Constitution be damned. I stand by my prior pledge to withdraw from any state’s ballot that ultimately removes Trump from its ballot. I call on DeSantis, Christie, and… — Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) December 29, 2023
Ramaswamy made a similar dive for the spotlight after Colorado's Supreme Court ruled Trump's actions leading up to his supporters' bloody rampage through the Capitol on January 6 had rendered him ineligible for the presidency under the 14th Amendment. Ramaswamy's electoral self-immolation is currently on hold, since the vanquished president got back on the Rocky Mountain state's ballot pending a final determination by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, on Wednesday, the Michigan Supreme Court rejected a bid to remove Trump from the swing state's ballot.
This is like when McCain in 2008, losing in the polls and running out of money, "paused his campaign to focus on the financial crisis." Pull back from spending money to "make a statement" and hope people see it as taking a principled stand and reward you for it.