Vivek Ramaswamy in Speeches at CPAC (2020s)
On Civil Rights:
Get rid of affirmative action; it is a national cancer
In his 18-minute speech, Mr. Ramaswamy said "three secular religions have America in a chokehold today." The first of them is this "woke racial religion" that says someone's identity is based on his skin colour. "That if you are black, you are
inherently disadvantaged. That if you are white, you are inherently privileged no matter your economic background or your upbringing. That your race determines who you are and what you can achieve in life," Mr. Ramaswamy said.
"This means that you believe in merit, that you get ahead in this country, not on the colour of your skin, but on the content of your character and your contributions. And that is why as the US president,
I have pledged to get rid of affirmative action in this country once and for all. It is national cancer on our soul," Mr. Ramaswamy said.
Source: Speech at the 2023 CPAC Conference in Maryland
Mar 5, 2023
On Civil Rights:
Makes no sense that biological sex is completely fluid
The "second secular religion" says the "sex of the person you are attracted to has to be hardwired on the day you were born" but your "own biological sex is
completely fluid over the course of your lifetime." "It makes no sense unless it is a religion. It does not match up to reason, it matches up to religion," Mr. Ramaswamy said.
Source: Speech at the 2023 CPAC Conference in Maryland
Mar 5, 2023
On Energy & Oil:
Climate religion: it's about power, control, punishment
Ramaswamy said, "What is really going on is that the climate religion has about as much to do with the climate as the Spanish Inquisition had to do with Christ, which is to say nothing at all.
It is about power, dominion, control, punishment and apologising for what we have achieved in this country and the modern West as we know it."
Source: Speech at the 2023 CPAC Conference in Maryland
Mar 5, 2023
On Free Trade:
Ban American companies from doing business with China
Mr. Ramaswamy proposed banning American companies from doing business with China if he is elected as the president of the country in 2024. "The Declaration of Independence of today is our declaration of independence from China.
If Thomas Jefferson were alive today, that is the Declaration of Independence he would sign. That is the Declaration of Independence I will sign if I am elected as your next president," Mr. Ramaswamy, 37, said.
Source: Speech at the 2023 CPAC Conference in Maryland
Mar 5, 2023
On Government Reform:
I will shut down the Dept. of Education and the FBI
Mr. Ramaswamy said, "The first agency we will shut down is the U.S. Department of Education. The second government agency that I will shut down in this country we should have done this at least 60 years ago.
We are going to get it done as finally, it is time to shut down the FBI in America and create something new to take its place because we are done with the J. Edgar Hoover legacy to let this be a self-governing nation again."
Source: Speech at the 2023 CPAC Conference in Maryland
Mar 5, 2023
On Principles & Values:
I am an 'America first' conservative; won't apologize for it
He said this is an opportunity for the Republican Party and for the conservative movement to rise to the occasion and fill that void with a vision of American national identity that runs so deep that it dilutes woke "poison" to "irrelevance."
Mr. Ramaswamy said he is all in on the "America first" agenda. "Believe me, I am an 'America first' conservative. I will not apologise for it. But to put America first, we now need to rediscover what America is."
Source: Speech at the 2023 CPAC Conference in Maryland
Mar 5, 2023
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