Vivek Ramaswamy

But my point is, we will see examples daily, weekly. Of other countries, including China, having our asses handed to us unless we wake up and as a Sputnik-like moment say, we are the greatest nation and we're going to act like it. And we believe that hard work and education and excellence rather than victimhood is the way to do it. And so the funny thing for me is I've been saying this for years.

But my point is, we will see examples daily, weekly. Of other countries, including China, having our asses handed to us unless we wake up and as a Sputnik-like moment say, we are the greatest nation and we're going to act like it. And we believe that hard work and education and excellence rather than victimhood is the way to do it. And so the funny thing for me is I've been saying this for years.

But my point is, we will see examples daily, weekly. Of other countries, including China, having our asses handed to us unless we wake up and as a Sputnik-like moment say, we are the greatest nation and we're going to act like it. And we believe that hard work and education and excellence rather than victimhood is the way to do it. And so the funny thing for me is I've been saying this for years.

It's not a different message for me. I've been preaching it to the woke left. I wrote the book Woke Inc. I wrote Nation of Victims a couple of years ago. And it was perceived as an attack on victimhood culture because that's what it was in the U.S.

It's not a different message for me. I've been preaching it to the woke left. I wrote the book Woke Inc. I wrote Nation of Victims a couple of years ago. And it was perceived as an attack on victimhood culture because that's what it was in the U.S.

It's not a different message for me. I've been preaching it to the woke left. I wrote the book Woke Inc. I wrote Nation of Victims a couple of years ago. And it was perceived as an attack on victimhood culture because that's what it was in the U.S.

But what I intended it as a wake-up call, and I think many of the same people who supported me in delivering that message to the woke left may have initially had a different interpretation of it when I talked about it just more holistically. Yeah, I thought you were only talking to black people. I'm talking to everybody.

But what I intended it as a wake-up call, and I think many of the same people who supported me in delivering that message to the woke left may have initially had a different interpretation of it when I talked about it just more holistically. Yeah, I thought you were only talking to black people. I'm talking to everybody.

But what I intended it as a wake-up call, and I think many of the same people who supported me in delivering that message to the woke left may have initially had a different interpretation of it when I talked about it just more holistically. Yeah, I thought you were only talking to black people. I'm talking to everybody.

And they loved it. I think, you know, to puff our chest abroad, we all got to pull up our pants. Yeah, I agree. All of us. Yeah, I agree. We all got to pull up our pants, okay? And we got to be serious about it. We got to balance our budget. We got to actually spend in accordance with what we actually bring in. We got to seal our border.

And they loved it. I think, you know, to puff our chest abroad, we all got to pull up our pants. Yeah, I agree. All of us. Yeah, I agree. We all got to pull up our pants, okay? And we got to be serious about it. We got to balance our budget. We got to actually spend in accordance with what we actually bring in. We got to seal our border.

And they loved it. I think, you know, to puff our chest abroad, we all got to pull up our pants. Yeah, I agree. All of us. Yeah, I agree. We all got to pull up our pants, okay? And we got to be serious about it. We got to balance our budget. We got to actually spend in accordance with what we actually bring in. We got to seal our border.

We got to teach our kids how to do math and how to read and how to write. And I want excellence in every domain, by the way. I don't think we should be a country of only engineers. But if we want to be the country where we say companies hire American-born workers, that's what we all want. We got to ask ourselves at least a hard question. This is what people got upset about.

We got to teach our kids how to do math and how to read and how to write. And I want excellence in every domain, by the way. I don't think we should be a country of only engineers. But if we want to be the country where we say companies hire American-born workers, that's what we all want. We got to ask ourselves at least a hard question. This is what people got upset about.

We got to teach our kids how to do math and how to read and how to write. And I want excellence in every domain, by the way. I don't think we should be a country of only engineers. But if we want to be the country where we say companies hire American-born workers, that's what we all want. We got to ask ourselves at least a hard question. This is what people got upset about.

And they may get upset about me saying it right now, but it's a question that you have to confront, which is why are these companies choosing on their own to not hire as many American-born workers as we want? It's a tough question, but we can't hide from asking that question if you care about this country.

And they may get upset about me saying it right now, but it's a question that you have to confront, which is why are these companies choosing on their own to not hire as many American-born workers as we want? It's a tough question, but we can't hide from asking that question if you care about this country.

And they may get upset about me saying it right now, but it's a question that you have to confront, which is why are these companies choosing on their own to not hire as many American-born workers as we want? It's a tough question, but we can't hide from asking that question if you care about this country.

I care about this country too much to just ignore that question because that might be politically convenient. And by the way, the H-1B system... I hate doing this because it's so lame and sort of just repeating yourself. I've said it like 150 times in the last year. It is a broken system.

I care about this country too much to just ignore that question because that might be politically convenient. And by the way, the H-1B system... I hate doing this because it's so lame and sort of just repeating yourself. I've said it like 150 times in the last year. It is a broken system.