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Vivek Ramaswamy is responding to former President Trump’s feedback that he would contemplate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for an administration position if the third-party 2024 candidate have been to drop out and endorse him for re-election.
Ramaswamy declined to enter specifics when requested by Fox Information Digital, however urged the liberal political household scion might have a hand in crafting U.S. pandemic insurance policies.
Kennedy was an outspoken critic of vaccine mandates in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic — a stance that earned him ire from others on the left.
“Look, I feel let’s let what is going on to occur play out with out stepping on any bulletins that he’ll make,” Ramaswamy mentioned in an interview. “However I feel RFK Jr. has been considerate on numerous points, notably on COVID insurance policies. So the failed COVID insurance policies is one thing that he has been notably incisive about and insightful about, and so plenty of that requires rectifying these wrongs.”
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Vivek Ramaswamy, middle, mentioned reviews that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., proper, could drop out of the 2024 presidential race and endorse former President Trump. (Getty Photographs)
He pointed particularly to mandates that pressured army service members to be totally vaccinated for COVID-19 or threat being discharged.
“Take into consideration going again and understanding what the hostile occasions have been for these vaccines which have possibly gone underreported or suppressed — a few of these errors associated to COVID coverage and rectifying previous wrongs is someplace the place I might think about a man like that being fairly useful,” Ramaswamy mentioned.
The feedback come after Kennedy mentioned he would “deal with the nation” on Friday amid reviews that he’s contemplating dropping out and endorsing Trump.
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(Ramaswamy praised Kennedy’s stance on COVID vaccine mandates.)
Trump known as Kennedy “sensible” and “very good” in feedback to CNN, and mentioned of a possible position in his administration, “I didn’t know he was occupied with getting out, but when he is considering getting out, actually I’d be open to it.”
As for his personal political future beneath a attainable Trump administration, Ramaswamy urged he was taking a look at statewide elected roles in his residence state of Ohio.
He was among the many attainable replacements floated final month after Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, was named Trump’s working mate. In the event that they win, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine must appoint somebody to serve the rest of Vance’s time period.
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As for himself, Ramaswamy is eyeing Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s seat if Trump and Vance win the election. (Andy Manis/Getty Photographs)
“What I hear so much about, actually from folks nationally is, after all, my good friend JD Vance is hopefully going to be the subsequent vice chairman. That would depart an essential vacuum to fill within the U.S. Senate,” Ramaswamy mentioned.
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“On the similar time, lots of people on the bottom are recruiting me in Ohio to even contemplate choices I hadn’t considered six months in the past, like working for governor. So these are all choices on the desk.”
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