#Ignore and inflame: the Vivek Ramaswamy approach to racism

#Ignore and inflame: the Vivek Ramaswamy approach to racism

Donald Trump is surely watching Ramaswamy’s rise closely.  Imagine a 2024 vice presidential debate where the GOP candidate is a brown-skinned man, and he is telling a black woman, Vice President Kamala Harris, that Democrats take minority voters for granted.  Ramaswamy is preparing for that fight by taking his racial rhetoric to disturbing heights. “I’m…

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#‘Hope is not a strategy’: former 2016 Rubio adviser says GOP rivals must engage Trump 

#‘Hope is not a strategy’: former 2016 Rubio adviser says GOP rivals must engage Trump 

Republican strategist Terry Sullivan on Sunday called out 2024 GOP primary candidates for not engaging directly enough with former President Trump, the leading primary candidate by far, saying they have no chance of winning the party’s nomination if they avoid attacking the frontrunner. Sullivan, who managed Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-Fla.) 2016 presidential campaign, warned 2024…

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#Ramaswamy isolates himself on Ukraine with proposed Putin pact

#Ramaswamy isolates himself on Ukraine with proposed Putin pact

When the Fox News hosts asked the eight Republican presidential candidates on the debate stage last week who would not support continued funding for Ukraine, only Vivek Ramaswamy raised his hand.  The 38-year-old entrepreneur and political newcomer has laid out a radical stance on foreign policy, featuring what his critics see as a Putin-friendly proposal…

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