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Vivek Ramaswamy: “If it's Trump, they're going to run Biden. If it's me…”

Featuring: Vivek Ramaswamy, Libertarian, Conservative | Former Candidate, President of the United States | National

Tucker Carlson & Vivek Ramaswamy Full Interview | Censorship, Identity, and Wokeism

Published July 14, 2023 | Video Starts at 25:31

They say we did it. We debate that. But we, we appear to have done it. You know, we appear to have done it and so we'll do it again. So If it's Trump, they're going to run Biden. If it's me, there's no way they let Biden run. It's going to be a new puppet. Gavin Newsom, Michelle Obama, you name it. It doesn't matter to me, though, because for me, whoever it is, I'm not even running against. (25:31–25:38)

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Asserts that Biden will only run if Trump is the Republican nominee.

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“The US President already has statutory authority. The Presidential Reorganization act of 1977 says you can shut down redundant agencies.”
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“Civil service protections protect against the individual firings of employees for supposedly political reasons. They do not apply to mass…”
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“Why are vaccine manufacturers specially exempt from liability when any other manufacturer bears product liability?”
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“I think the country is doing poorly.”
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“We have a void in our country.”
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“These things [faith, patriotism, hard work, family] are gone.”
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“We have to put the interests of this country first.”
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“Nearly our entire field is indistinguishable in practice from where Biden is on this [war] issue.”
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“We can end this war and start prioritizing the interests of actual US Citizens here at home.”
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“I've lost many large donors or prospective donors over this issue [war].”
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“The Russia China alliance is the single greatest threat that the US Actually faces today.”
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“We are pushing Russia closer into China's arms by actually continuing to arm Ukraine.”
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“I would negotiate a deal that ends the Ukraine war, frees the current lines of control.”
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“That means giving part of the Donbas region to Russia.”
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“I would make a hard commitment that NATO never admits Ukraine to NATO.”
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“You had to be locked down, had to take a vaccine that was mandated and forced down your throat.”
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“You were systematically suppressed [from discussing] the Hunter Biden laptop story being real and suppressed.”
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“Microsoft owned LinkedIn, censored my social media account.”
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“Statements about climate change, about Biden's relationship with China, about the ESG movement's perpetuation of a climate cult in this…”
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“Many CEOs in this country are frightened [of] speaking their mind openly.”
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“Many of them were asking me...why on earth we're sending billions of dollars to Ukraine.”
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“40% of the donors to our campaign are first time ever donors to the Republican Party in any form ever.”
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“Affirmative action has done nothing for Black people in this country.”
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“Affirmative action has created racism that otherwise would not have existed.”
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“They are holding in the back pocket the documents case against Biden.”
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“We can use this as an opportunity to accomplish a different and a more important strategic objective for the US which is break apart the…”
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“Commit that NATO will never admit Ukraine.”
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“Putin in that case would have to exit his military partnership with China and remove nuclear weapons from Kaliningrad.”
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“Putin has to exit his military partnership with China, will then reopen up economic relations with Russia.”
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“Which, by the way, deters China from going after Taiwan.”
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“I actually think I may be best positioned to revive those Judeo Christian shared values in our next generation.”
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