Vivek Ramaswamy

What we're bringing back is a meritocracy. What we're bringing back is a place where any young kid can achieve the maximum of its potential and make as much money or achieve as much success in any domain as he wants to without apologizing for it by playing by the rules without the government getting in the way. That's what we're shooting for.

And I think sometimes when we explain this, especially to our Democrat friends or folks in the inner cities of Cincinnati to Cleveland to Columbus, I think one of the things I've found is that most people, not all people, but most people are actually pretty reasonable if you explain it directly to them, not through media filters, but explain to them why you're doing exactly what you're doing.

And I think sometimes when we explain this, especially to our Democrat friends or folks in the inner cities of Cincinnati to Cleveland to Columbus, I think one of the things I've found is that most people, not all people, but most people are actually pretty reasonable if you explain it directly to them, not through media filters, but explain to them why you're doing exactly what you're doing.

And I think sometimes when we explain this, especially to our Democrat friends or folks in the inner cities of Cincinnati to Cleveland to Columbus, I think one of the things I've found is that most people, not all people, but most people are actually pretty reasonable if you explain it directly to them, not through media filters, but explain to them why you're doing exactly what you're doing.

And that's going to be one of the things I'm going to try to do well, hopefully, as the next governor of this state.

And that's going to be one of the things I'm going to try to do well, hopefully, as the next governor of this state.

And that's going to be one of the things I'm going to try to do well, hopefully, as the next governor of this state.

Absolutely. And that's one of the things that President Trump did an amazing job of. Half the job is just showing up, actually. You have a historical generation of Republican politicians that have often been afraid to go into the inner cities or afraid to go into minority communities. President Trump did the opposite. He explained it directly to them, and it was successful.

Absolutely. And that's one of the things that President Trump did an amazing job of. Half the job is just showing up, actually. You have a historical generation of Republican politicians that have often been afraid to go into the inner cities or afraid to go into minority communities. President Trump did the opposite. He explained it directly to them, and it was successful.

Absolutely. And that's one of the things that President Trump did an amazing job of. Half the job is just showing up, actually. You have a historical generation of Republican politicians that have often been afraid to go into the inner cities or afraid to go into minority communities. President Trump did the opposite. He explained it directly to them, and it was successful.

And you and I, we crisscrossed at some of those events. Even one of the things I focused on this last cycle over the last year was helping President Trump get a lot of the youth vote. We saw the youth vote come in droves to Republicans this time around. I traveled countless campuses across this country, really, again, explaining things to young people in terms that they actually find relatable.

And you and I, we crisscrossed at some of those events. Even one of the things I focused on this last cycle over the last year was helping President Trump get a lot of the youth vote. We saw the youth vote come in droves to Republicans this time around. I traveled countless campuses across this country, really, again, explaining things to young people in terms that they actually find relatable.

And you and I, we crisscrossed at some of those events. Even one of the things I focused on this last cycle over the last year was helping President Trump get a lot of the youth vote. We saw the youth vote come in droves to Republicans this time around. I traveled countless campuses across this country, really, again, explaining things to young people in terms that they actually find relatable.

So we've got to do a better job of that as a party today. And one of the beauties of where we stand in this one is where the polling is. And I was close to 60 percent before I declared. And with President Trump's endorsement and a bunch of other national and statewide endorsements that have since come in.

So we've got to do a better job of that as a party today. And one of the beauties of where we stand in this one is where the polling is. And I was close to 60 percent before I declared. And with President Trump's endorsement and a bunch of other national and statewide endorsements that have since come in.

So we've got to do a better job of that as a party today. And one of the beauties of where we stand in this one is where the polling is. And I was close to 60 percent before I declared. And with President Trump's endorsement and a bunch of other national and statewide endorsements that have since come in.

I want to use this year, instead of doing a normal primary where you're, you know, nicing each other in a Republican primary and wasting a bunch of time and money doing that, to instead spend that time going to the inner cities, going to the foothills of Appalachia, going to counties that traditional Republicans may not have visited for a long time, and actually have open conversations with young people on university campuses, from the inner city of Toledo to Cleveland to Cincinnati to Columbus,

I want to use this year, instead of doing a normal primary where you're, you know, nicing each other in a Republican primary and wasting a bunch of time and money doing that, to instead spend that time going to the inner cities, going to the foothills of Appalachia, going to counties that traditional Republicans may not have visited for a long time, and actually have open conversations with young people on university campuses, from the inner city of Toledo to Cleveland to Cincinnati to Columbus,

I want to use this year, instead of doing a normal primary where you're, you know, nicing each other in a Republican primary and wasting a bunch of time and money doing that, to instead spend that time going to the inner cities, going to the foothills of Appalachia, going to counties that traditional Republicans may not have visited for a long time, and actually have open conversations with young people on university campuses, from the inner city of Toledo to Cleveland to Cincinnati to Columbus,

And to be able to explain to them, you know what, we may not agree on everything, and that's okay because we love diversity of thought, but if you care about economic excellence, more money in your bank account, more money in your kids' investment accounts, about giving your kids the same shot at the American dream that people like you and I, Dan, have lived, then you know what, in some sense we're on the same team.