Turns out Vivek Ramaswamy is a con artist. He’s not running to become president, he’s running to become famous and sabotage Governor Ron DeSantis.
Here’s what ABC News reported this morning:
In early 2023, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy summoned a small group of conservative operatives to discuss “exciting plans” he had for the coming months.
“I’m going to run for president,” Ramaswamy said on the call.
Multiple sources who were on the call tell ABC News that they were baffled by the news. They had figured that maybe Ramaswamy, then a little-known biotech millionaire, had been working on a new business venture, or was writing a book, or was even contemplating a run for Senate in his home state of Ohio — but launching a long-shot bid for the White House was the last thing they expected.
Ramaswamy pitched himself as a candidate who could make serious waves in the Republican primary at the meeting. When met with some skepticism, Ramaswamy argued that his candidacy could also dissuade Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis from entering the race, according to a source who was on the call. In the lead-up to his announcement, Ramaswamy would tell several other conservative activists that he believed that if he ran, it could stop DeSantis from running or impact his viability as a candidate if he did enter the race, sources said.
Ramaswamy had been pursuing a podcast with the Daily Wire earlier this year but that fell through. Then he suddenly runs for president to raise his profile and become famous.
According to ABC News:
“Sources familiar with the decision told ABC News that some in leadership at The Daily Wire soured on Ramaswamy as the development process progressed. Some on the team began to feel Ramaswamy came off “too much like a politician” and “too scripted” for the company’s brand, and there were issues around the biotech entrepreneur not taking preparation seriously enough for the show, sources told ABC News.”
They could smell the stink on him and that’s probably why they dropped the project. Yeah, he’s definitely a shady character…