Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy on Sunday said many people are annoyed by his rise and believe that a 38-year-old is too young to become US President. Following his impressive performance during the maiden Republican presidential primary debate, various opinion polls show that his popularity is on the rise. The latest opinion poll shows that he is 12 points up since his August performance. At the same time, his criticism by his opponents has also grown. \u201cWell, look, we have been taking intense criticism, Shannon, over the last several weeks since I performed well on that second debate. And this is part of the process, so I invite the open debate,\u201d Ramaswamy told Fox News in an interview.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe reality is many people are annoyed by my rise and believe that a 38-year-old is too young to be US President. The fact of the matter is Thomas Jefferson was 33 years old when he wrote the US Declaration of Independence. He also invented the swivel chair while he was at it, by the way,\u201d he asserted. Ramaswamy argued that there is a need to revive that spirit. \u201cAnd I believe, it will take someone whose best days ahead are still yet ahead in life to see a country whose best days are still yet ahead of itself. And I do believe that the United States of America can see our best days still yet ahead. But we can\u2019t just be running from something\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t actually criticize the radical Biden agenda that much because I think it\u2019s the wrong place to focus. Of course, there\u2019s a lot to criticize. But we have to offer a vision of our own, not just what are we running from? What are we running to, revive meritocracy, the pursuit of excellence, economic growth, free speech, open debate. These are basic values that most Americans still agree with,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m confident that we have a chance to deliver a 1980-style, Ronald Reagan-style, moral mandate. That is how we\u2019ll unite this country. And I\u2019m in this race because I think I am the single best positioned candidate to do it. And even though we\u2019ve taken criticisms from basically nearly every other candidate that\u2019s been threatened by my rise, I\u2019m not running against any of them. I am running for this country. That\u2019s the mission we\u2019re guided by,\u201d Ramaswamy said.<\/p>\n
Ramaswamy has garnered attention after his maiden Republican presidential primary debate held on August 23. The first poll that came out after the debate said that 28 per cent of the 504 respondents said that Ramaswamy performed the best. He was followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis with 27 per cent, and former vice president Mike Pence (13 per cent). Indian-American Nikki Haley received seven per cent of the votes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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