Vivek Ramaswamy is proving to be not only an interesting competitor to Donald Trump in the Republican primary race but, ironically, a fierce ally of the former president as well.
The 45th president’s support seems to rachet up with every indictment, and Ramaswamy is defending Donald Trump as fiercely as possible while simultaneously running against him.
Vivek Ramaswamy: Trump’s Unlikely Supporter
According to a report in The Hill, Ramaswamy on Tuesday announced he’s suing the Department of Justice (DOJ) and filing a new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) records request for more details about the recent indictments of former President Trump.
“My aim in bringing this lawsuit is to finally deliver accountability and transparency: what did Biden and his cronies tell [Attorney General Merrick] Garland and what did Garland and the deep-staters who put him in as Attorney General tell [special counsel] Jack Smith,” Ramaswamy said in a statement shared by his campaign.
While Ramaswamy is adamant that he’s defending the former president on principle, this is also a politically savvy strategy by Ramaswamy. It seems as if Ramaswamy is marketing himself more as a supporter than an opponent of Donald Trump.
Should Trump be forced out of the race for any of his legal troubles, even though Trump could still run for office, even from jail, Ramaswamy is doing a good job at endearing himself to Trump diehards, much more so than Ron DeSantis.
If Trump does manage to stay in the race, secure the nomination, and win the general election – all big but very possible “if’s” – Ramaswamy is priming himself to be Trump’s Vice President pick.
The author of “Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam,” is a fierce defender of American values, which carries even more weight as an immigrant. Like another candidate gunning for the Republican nomination, Nikki Haley, his family hails from India and his agenda mimics Trump’s but without the personality and legal conflicts. And like Trump, Ramaswamy is a D.C. outsider, a popular thing to be these days.
You Can’t Handle the Truth
In another shrewd move, Ramaswamy was also present at the Washington, D.C. courthouse on Thursday where Trump’s third arraignment in four months is being held. There, he recorded a message to deliver on Twitter.
In it, the GOP candidate stated that Trump’s trial symbolizes something “far deeper than just this case.”
He continued, “We live in an era of the noble lie, the so-called lie that the government tells to its people because it believes the people can’t handle the truth.”
Ramaswamy, like many, smells a rat after three indictments have rained down on Trump within months, all conveniently during a presidential election in which he is gaining momentum with every charge.
The former biotech CEO believes it is “because the government does not trust the people to select their leaders” and harkened back to the revolution that aimed to change that.
He continued to rattle off a long list of “truths” that mimic the cover-up that he claims Jack Smith and Merrick Garland are engaged in.
“It’s the same story all over again. Tell us the truth about the COVID origin. Tells us the truth about what we know about vaccine mandates and mask mandates. Even in a recent hearing about UFO’s and Congress, just tell us the truth instead of repeatedly hiding from us the information that we need as a people.”
According to Ramaswamy, the reason the people don’t trust the government is that our government no longer trusts the people.
He claims it’s this kind of mistrust that ultimately led to the incidents of January 6th. He argued that Trump “isn’t the real cause for what happened on Jan. 6,” and that the cause was instead “systematic and pervasive censorship of citizens” ahead of the riot.
While I applaud the political newcomer’s call for government transparency, I think he’s chasing a ghost.
Different questions should be asked. Questions like: Why is the Biden Administration lying? What are they covering? Why can’t they stand the thought of Donald Trump being president? It can’t simply be his personality, although there is a strong case for that.
Regardless, Vivek Ramaswamy is attracting attention and if Donald Trump has proven anything in the past eight years, it’s that attention is good.
Jennifer Galardi is the politics and culture editor and opinion writer for 19FortyFive.com. She has a Master’s in Public Policy from Pepperdine University and produces and hosts the podcast Connection with conversations that address health, culture, politics, and policy. In a previous life, she wrote for publications in the health, fitness, and nutrition space. In addition, her pieces have been published in the Epoch Times and Pepperdine Policy Review. You can follow her on Instagram and Twitter.
