GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said Tuesday he would not accept a Cabinet position in a Donald Trump administration.
Ramaswamy said he would return to the private sector if he loses in the 2024 election.
There has been speculation that Ramaswamy isn’t trying to win the GOP primary and wants to score a Cabinet position in a Trump administration.
When asked if he would join the administration of whoever won the race, Ramaswamy said “I would not.”
“I think the right way to drive change for me in this country, if I’m not in this race, is through the private sector as I’ve been doing it. We all have to look ourselves in the mirror and ask ourselves, how can we make our unique contributions? I think there’s a lot of talented politicians, and if there’s a need for another politician to fill some rank, there’s a great deep bench to choose from,” he explained.
Ramaswamy, who’s catching Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for second in some GOP primary polls, made the comments on “The Steve Hilton Show.”
Vivek is going for the presidency or nothing https://t.co/M8kEjfzXkP
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 19, 2023
The Washington Examiner reports:
Ramaswamy said he believes he will be having an impact on the race, even if he is not successful in securing the 2024 GOP nomination.
“I think in our movement, there’s a lot thinner of a bench when it comes to people who actually know how to build great enterprises, achieve great success. I’ve been writing one book every six months on average before this campaign in parallel with building those businesses,” he said.
A spokesman for Ramaswamy commented earlier that the entrepreneur is running for president and isn’t interested in being the vice president for another candidate.
Vivek Ramaswamy says he will NOT take a position in Trump's cabinet
https://t.co/e7EIQXg6Fe— Wendy Kortepeter (@WKortepeter) July 18, 2023
Daily Caller added:
Ramaswamy founded Strive Asset Management in May 2022 to encourage corporations to remain politically neutral. Ramaswamy’s book, “Woke, Inc.,” discussing how corporations were involved in so-called “stakeholder capitalism,” was released in 2021.
“I think in our movement, there’s a lot thinner of a bench when it comes to people who actually know how to build great enterprises, achieve great success,” Ramaswamy continued. “I’ve been writing one book every six months on average before this campaign in parallel with building those businesses. That’s how I’ll be having an impact in the event that I’m not successful in this race.”
“We want iconic American brands like Disney, Coca-Cola and Exxon, and U.S. tech giants like Twitter, Facebook, Amazon and Google to deliver high-quality products that improve our lives, not controversial political ideologies that divide us,” Ramaswamy said in a release announcing the financial firm’s launch.
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