Vivek Ramaswamy Draws Bigger Crowd Than No Show DeSantis at Turning Point Conference

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy drew a nice size crowd at Turning Point’s Action Conference in Palm Beach County, Florida.

A video shared by Human Events senior editor Jack Posobiec revealed Vivek Ramaswamy was swarmed with supporters while he was walking inside the Palm Beach County Convention Center.

Currently, Vivek is polling in third place at 10% whereas DeSantis is polling at 16%.

Trump currently has a commanding lead in the polls and has a whopping 49%.

Check out this crowd wanting to get a glimpse of Vivek:

Absolute mob scene for @VivekGRamaswamy at his Turning Point after party pic.twitter.com/9ldDs4qedK

— Jack Poso 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) July 16, 2023

Here’s a clip of him on stage:

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The crowd is LOVING Vivek Ramaswamy at @TPUSA ACTCON, even though he's running against Donald Trump.

Crowd is going WILD… Standing ovations. Amazing.@VivekGRamaswamy pic.twitter.com/i0G06OQg5x

— Evan Kilgore 🇺🇸 (@EvanAKilgore) July 15, 2023

Now let’s compare that crowd to DeSantis’s recent campaign spot in Iowa:

DeSantis today in Iowa. 12 people showed up to hear him speak.

He has allowed his globalist puppet masters to completely destroy his reputation and future. pic.twitter.com/IYtSplDjqi

— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) July 15, 2023

Trump even mentioned Vivek in his speech.

Trump stated that he believes DeSantis will fall to third place behind Vivek:

Trump savages DeSanctimonious; predicts he will be in 3rd place soon behind Vivek. pic.twitter.com/Kqe8CwurH9

— JoMa 🏴 (@joma_gc) July 16, 2023

The Hill shared these details regarding Vivek’s surge in the polls:

Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy is narrowing in on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in the GOP presidential primary as former President Trump leads the field, according to a new poll.

A poll released by Echelon Insights this week found Trump as the frontrunner at 49 percent while DeSantis notched 16 percent in second place and Ramaswamy 10 percent in third.

The poll showed Ramaswamy gaining 2 percentage points since a similar poll was conducted in May, when the biotech entrepreneur had 8 percent support. Meanwhile, DeSantis dropped 3 percentage points since the May poll, when he was at 19 percent.