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Vivek Ramaswamy: “When it's in the government also, I can't run for office. At…”

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

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Vivek Reveals Why He Left Dodge

Published | Video Starts at 10:51

Now late in the lead up to starting, ended up in the government. And by the way, here's another thing that happened. This point. When it's in the government. This is Animal Farm, bro. When it's in the government also, I can't run for office. At the same time, there's a rule, it's called the Hatch act that stops you from independently engaging in your own political activity or running for office while you're in the government. If you're outside the government, it's a different constraint. So there were a lot of things that obviously was supposed to be on the outside for a lot of reasons, ended up moving inside, ended up having a technology first approach. (10:51–11:03)

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