Ramaswamy Makes Presidential Campaign Pitch In Glenwood


Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy made a campaign appearance in Glenwood Sunday, Nov. 18.

“If I win Iowa, I will be your next president.”

That was the message Republican Presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy shared with an audience of 100-plus people Sunday night in Glenwood.

The Ohio native and pharmaceutical company founder addressed a handful of topics, including immigration, education, energy and constitutional rights, during his hour-long appearance at the Bloom Senior Center. 

Ramaswamy said if he is elected president, he would impose policies to slow illegal immigration at both the southern and northern borders. He would deploy military troops to patrol the borders and penalize countries financially that aren’t taking the necessary steps to prevent their citizens from entering the United States illegally. Children born to illegal immigrants in the U.S. would not be granted citizenship, he said.

Painting himself as a Washington outsider, Ramaswamy said he’s only the candidate in the presidential field that isn’t owned by special interest groups.

“Every politician dances to the tune of their biggest donor,” he said. “It’s a fact of life – the law of nature. My biggest donor is me and we’re going to keep it that way because I don’t want to be somebody else’s circus monkey, somebody else’s pawn.”

Ramaswamy, 38,  said America needs a president and commander in chief from “the next generation” that’s willing to take a stand against a culture of fear and hate that’s putting Americans “at war” with one another.

“I’m the first person of my generation, the first millennial to ever run for U.S. president as a Republican,” he said. “I’ll tell you what’s going on in our generation – we are hungry for a cause, we are badly starved for purpose, meaning and identity, at a time in our nation’s history when the things that used to fill that void – faith, patriotism, hard work, family – the things that disappear. That leaves a black hole in our hearts.

“When you have a black hole that runs that deep, that is when the poison fills the void.”
Ramaswamy said he would take on federal bureaucrats, if elected, and eliminate several federal agencies, including the Department Of Education, Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI),  Bureau Of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

“We will go there and shut them down,” he said. “That’s how you revive the integrity of a constitutional republic.”

As president, Ramaswamy said he would loosen restrictions on the production of fossil fuels and push for the establishment of “single day elections as a national holiday with paper ballots and government-issued photo I.D. to match the voter file.”

In regard to education, Ramaswamy said he would not only eliminate the Department of Education, but also give tax dollars back to parents so they can select the best school for their children.
Ramaswamy said America was founded on the fundamental ideals of freedom, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

“What does it mean to be an American? It means we believe we the people created a government that is accountable to us, not the other way around.

“That we the people select our leaders in free speech and open debate where every citizen’s voice and vote counts equally in that republic.”

Ramaswamy was joined on the campaign trail by his wife, Apoorva, a cancer specialist, researcher and assistant professor at Ohio State University. 
 
Ramaswamy is the third Republican presidential candidate to visit Glenwood over the past six weeks, along with former vice president Mike Pence and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Pence ended his campaign just weeks after campaigning in Glenwood.

 

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