Vivek Ramaswamy

Well, President Trump is going to do a great job in the next two years. But what that means, Charlie, is that a lot of programs from education to health care are now going to go back down to the states and to the people where they belong. That's true federalism. That's what our founders envisioned.

Well, President Trump is going to do a great job in the next two years. But what that means, Charlie, is that a lot of programs from education to health care are now going to go back down to the states and to the people where they belong. That's true federalism. That's what our founders envisioned.

But that means we're going to need strong governors prepared to take those programs and do the right thing with them. I look at my home state of Ohio. I was born and raised here. I've lived most of my life here. I'm raising my two sons here. We're a conservative state in our electorate. We need to actually be governed like a conservative state.

But that means we're going to need strong governors prepared to take those programs and do the right thing with them. I look at my home state of Ohio. I was born and raised here. I've lived most of my life here. I'm raising my two sons here. We're a conservative state in our electorate. We need to actually be governed like a conservative state.

And if we are, this can be not just one of the better states in the Midwest. I think it can be the best state in the country to raise a family, to start a new business. And also something I'm passionate about, you know this, Charlie, is giving our kids a world-class education starting at a young age so that we're beating China and the rest of the world in leadership.

And if we are, this can be not just one of the better states in the Midwest. I think it can be the best state in the country to raise a family, to start a new business. And also something I'm passionate about, you know this, Charlie, is giving our kids a world-class education starting at a young age so that we're beating China and the rest of the world in leadership.

And I want Ohio to be the model for showing how that's actually done. So in some sense, the federal job's already getting done. I'm happy to see that's happening in spades. But now we need strong leaders at the states, and I was proud to get President Trump's and Elon's and others' endorsements at the national level out of the gate.

And I want Ohio to be the model for showing how that's actually done. So in some sense, the federal job's already getting done. I'm happy to see that's happening in spades. But now we need strong leaders at the states, and I was proud to get President Trump's and Elon's and others' endorsements at the national level out of the gate.

What I want to do is show the rest of the country what's possible with a good state leader. That's what we're in this for.

What I want to do is show the rest of the country what's possible with a good state leader. That's what we're in this for.

Sure. So Ohio actually led the way in the first industrial revolution. And at the turn of the last century, Ohio was the wealthiest state in the union and was the third most populous state in the country because of those great natural resources and gifts. Fertile farmland, great natural resources, including oil and natural gas and other minerals underneath our ground.

Sure. So Ohio actually led the way in the first industrial revolution. And at the turn of the last century, Ohio was the wealthiest state in the union and was the third most populous state in the country because of those great natural resources and gifts. Fertile farmland, great natural resources, including oil and natural gas and other minerals underneath our ground.

We've got 60% of North America's population, not just America's population, North America's population within a single day's drive of where I'm sitting right now in Columbus, Ohio. Those were the advantages we had back then. Six of the top 15 wealthiest cities in the 1950s. Now, that's not long ago. I'm not even talking about the Industrial Revolution. I'm talking about in the 1950s.

We've got 60% of North America's population, not just America's population, North America's population within a single day's drive of where I'm sitting right now in Columbus, Ohio. Those were the advantages we had back then. Six of the top 15 wealthiest cities in the 1950s. Now, that's not long ago. I'm not even talking about the Industrial Revolution. I'm talking about in the 1950s.

Six of the top 15 were right here in Ohio. Toledo was the glass capital. Akron was the rubber capital. Youngstown and Cleveland were the steel capitals of the world. Dayton was the computing power capital. Cincinnati was the leader in consumer products. Porkopolis, powering the food supply of the country. known around the world as the Queen City. That was my hometown.

Six of the top 15 were right here in Ohio. Toledo was the glass capital. Akron was the rubber capital. Youngstown and Cleveland were the steel capitals of the world. Dayton was the computing power capital. Cincinnati was the leader in consumer products. Porkopolis, powering the food supply of the country. known around the world as the Queen City. That was my hometown.

This was the place of the pioneers, the explorers. Neil Armstrong and John Glenn gained the self-confidence here as kids to go to outer space, the state of the Wright brothers. So we were the state of excellence in America. I think we can be again because we have all of those same advantages.

This was the place of the pioneers, the explorers. Neil Armstrong and John Glenn gained the self-confidence here as kids to go to outer space, the state of the Wright brothers. So we were the state of excellence in America. I think we can be again because we have all of those same advantages.

Same fertile farmland, same eerie canal to New York City, Ohio River to the Mississippi, same location at the heart of the country. It's also pretty representative of the rest of the country. It's not a monolithic place. You got from the inner cities to suburban communities, to rural communities, to the foothills of Appalachia.

Same fertile farmland, same eerie canal to New York City, Ohio River to the Mississippi, same location at the heart of the country. It's also pretty representative of the rest of the country. It's not a monolithic place. You got from the inner cities to suburban communities, to rural communities, to the foothills of Appalachia.