2024 US presidential election: Vivek Ramaswamy has announced his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination after disappointing results in Iowa, his spokesperson said, according to AFP.
Ramaswamy, 38, supported his rival, former President Donald Trump. He previously tried to convince Republican voters that they should choose “new legs” and “take America First policies to the next level,” while calling Trump “the best president of the 21st century.” I called it.
The wealthy political outsider modeled his own candidacy on Trump’s as well, as a fast-talking, headline-grabbing populist who relentlessly targets his opponents. Appeared.
Donald Trump asserted his dominance on Monday with a landslide victory in Iowa in the first Republican presidential election of 2024. He is facing Democratic President Joe Biden, according to his Reuters news agency. It is said that he left the party despite numerous legal problems in order to fight for a rematch. Aiming to.
President Trump wrote on his own social media platform, Truth Social, “Thank you Iowa, I love you all!!!”
Mr Ramaswamy also supported Mr Trump when the former US president tried to retake the White House in November.
“We’ve looked at everything from every direction, and I think it’s true that tonight we weren’t able to deliver the surprise that we wanted to deliver…From this moment on, we’re going to take this presidential campaign to the next level. I will cancel it. There is no way I will be the next president,” Ramaswamy was quoted as saying by PTI.
“As I’ve said from the beginning, there are two America First candidates in this election. “And tonight, I called Donald Trump to congratulate him on his victory and to assure him of my full support for his presidency.”
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis came in second by a wide margin, beating out former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley in the race to become the front-runner to replace Trump, Edison Research predicted.
According to Mr. Edison, the predicted vote share was close to 90%, with Mr. Trump receiving 50.9%, Ms. DeSantis receiving 21.4%, and Ms. Haley 19.0%. The largest margin of victory for the Republican caucus in Iowa was Bob Dole’s 12.8 percentage points in 1988.
It is too early to tell whether President Trump’s approval rating will exceed 50%, a number that could further weaken him, but his march to the nomination has failed. Reuters reported that claims by his rivals that he could do so could boost President Trump’s approval ratings.
Both Ms. DeSantis and Ms. Haley were aiming for a strong second-place finish to convince donors and supporters that their challenge to Mr. Trump was still valid.
Mr. Trump added to his campaign’s inevitability by skipping all five Republican debates so far and largely eschewing the district-by-district politics that most candidates have embraced before voting in Operate Iowa. We have aimed to create an atmosphere where there is.
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