A quick note on Vivek Ramaswamy and his campaign.
Kudos to Vivek for running a clean and energetic campaign that was totally unencumbered by corporate and Deep State influence. Vivek was arguably the most intelligent candidate in the race, and the GOP and American politics will be significantly enriched, in the long run, by his short run for the office. Vivek had a great instinct, knew it was time to fold, and made the only plausible decision to endorse Donald Trump.
Vivek exposed the corruption in the GOP, American politics, and American media. Intellectually, Vivek understands conservatism and provides the framework for articulating and presenting it seamlessly to the public. His contributions to making core conservative values - family, faith, meritocracy, patriotism, etc. - cool again will be remembered for a long time.
Vivek brought Hinduism to the GOP - a grassroots evangelical political outfit in all its manifestations - and mainstream American politics. We Hindu Americans often find ourselves in a difficult political situation. While on the one hand, the ever-hanging Evangelical sword has deterred us from fully embracing the GOP, the godless, faithless, regressive American progressivism of the Democrats has duped us for decades.
Vivek’s campaign gives us a glimmer of hope for the future.