CHICAGO — Across town from where the Democratic Party was preoccupied with coronating Vice President Kamala Harris as its presidential nominee during the Democratic National Convention, Vivek Ramaswamy swung by the Windy City's Trump Hotel to stump for the former president. In an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner, the billionaire biotech entrepreneur who overlapped with former President Donald Trump's running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), while at Yale Law School reflected on the attacks levied at him by Harris's running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN).
"That's a mark of pride in the United States, that somebody's able to go from humble backgrounds, people like myself or J.D., to be able to achieve an educational experience at some of the best universities that exist in the world, right here in the United States," said Ramaswamy, a former primary challenger to Trump. "That's a pretty bizarre thing for Tim Walz to actually go after."
Ramaswamy, once celebrated by fellow venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, has emerged from the ashes of his 2024 primary challenge as a rising star in the Republican Party, now a top surrogate for Trump in the general election. In light of his own new role as an executive producer of the documentary City of Dreams, which details the nation's domestic child trafficking crisis, Ramaswamy also reflected on Harris's record as the White House's border tsar.
"This idea that it's somehow compassionate to let people into the country is a myth," said Ramaswamy. "It's not compassion, it's cruelty. Just ask those hundreds of thousands of kids who now are vulnerable. Many of them are being sold into child slavery right here in our own country."
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Ramaswamy has also been considered a top contender to either replace Vance's Senate seat, should he and Trump win come November, or to replace the term-limited Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH). Although Ramaswamy stays away from definitive answers, he provided some insight into his future plans.
"I'm somebody who likes to actually solve problems by doing, not just by going through the motions, and I think that makes an executive position like what many people are pushing me to do, like the governorship in Ohio, pretty attractive," said Ramaswamy. "On the other hand, many of the issues that need to be addressed right now for the country are national in scope and are not specific to one state. So my litmus test is going to be whatever has maximal impact that allows me to make the best use of my own skills. And you know, we have an election to win, so I'm going to turn to what's next for me shortly after November, but until then, I'm not spending a ton of my own bandwidth on that new way."
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