{"id":1973728,"date":"2023-07-14T23:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T03:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-makes-his-case-in-qa-with-tucker-carlson-at-crowded-iowa-forum\/"},"modified":"2023-07-14T23:57:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T03:57:56","slug":"vivek-ramaswamy-makes-his-case-in-qa-with-tucker-carlson-at-crowded-iowa-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-makes-his-case-in-qa-with-tucker-carlson-at-crowded-iowa-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivek Ramaswamy defends his stance in Q&#038;A with Tucker Carlson at packed Iowa event."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvivek-ramaswamy-makes-his-case-in-qa-with-tucker-carlson-at-crowded-iowa-forum%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1973728&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<h2>All Eyes on the Republican Presidential Candidates<\/h2>\n<p>All of the top Republican presidential candidates, Donald Trump excepted, braved questions from journalist Tucker Carlson at a summit in Des Moines, Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>While some met with a lukewarm or, at times, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minister-pope-franciss-words-on-migrant-deaths-do-not-mean-russia\/\" title=\"Minister: Pope Francis\u2019s Words on Migrant Deaths Do Not Mean Russia\">unfriendly reception<\/a> from the very Christian audience, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy was most definitely not among them. He even got a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocking-bodycam-footage-of-police-responding-to-altercation-between-georgia-democrat-senate-candidate-raphael-warnock-and-his-wife-released-video\/\" title=\"Shocking Bodycam Footage of Police Responding to Altercation Between Georgia Democrat Senate Candidate Raphael Warnock and His Wife Released (VIDEO)\">standing ovation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would seem that we\u2019re doing really well in this race\u2014a lot better than we expected to, frankly, than I expected to this early on,\u201d Mr. Ramaswamy told reporters after his speech at the July 14 candidate forum, which was organized by The FAMiLY Leader and Blaze Media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was amazing,\u201d said Dennis Guth, a Republican state senator from Iowa who spoke with The Epoch Times after all the candidates said their piece.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe really was a firebrand,\u201d said Pastor Josh Overfors, another Iowan who shared his thoughts with The Epoch Times following the speeches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wasn\u2019t afraid to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-may-ease-ccp-virus-lockdown-from-march-foreign-secretary-says\/\" title=\"UK May Ease CCP Virus Lockdown From March, Foreign Secretary Says\">hold back<\/a> on positions that were unpopular,\u201d Mr. Overfors added.<\/p>\n<h3>An Anti-woke Millennial<\/h3>\n<p>Mr. Ramaswamy had a relatively friendly interlocutor in Mr. Carlson. The anti-woke Millennial announced his candidacy several months ago on \u201cTucker Carlson Tonight\u201d before Fox News fired the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-makes-his-case-in-qa-with-tucker-carlson-at-crowded-iowa-forum\/\" title=\"Vivek Ramaswamy defends his stance in Q&#038;A with Tucker Carlson at packed Iowa event.\">popular cable television host<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The businessman has gained ground on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in recent polling. Both remain dwarfed by Mr. Trump among Republican voters.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ramaswamy\u2019s rise can be credited in part to his Trump-like posture, not least in terms of rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>The United States, Mr. Ramaswamy told Mr. Carlson, <strong>\u201cis doing poorly.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The frankness echoes Mr. Trump\u2019s message during his first bid for president, beginning with his descent down the golden escalator at Trump Tower.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur country is in serious trouble. We don\u2019t have victories anymore. We used to have victories, but we don\u2019t have them,\u201d Mr. Trump said near the beginning of what turned out to be an epochal address.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ramaswamy sounded a little more optimistic when Mr. Carlson asked him how his opinions have shifted while barnstorming the country as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">presidential hopeful<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not as divided as they make it out to be,\u201d he said, citing conversations he had in Chicago\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/illegal-immigrants-reparations-concern-locals-at-chicago-vivek-ramaswamy-event_5279420.html\">South Shore<\/a> and inner-city Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p>Like Mr. Trump, who ran as an America First opponent of globalism, Mr. Ramaswamy stressed that he is \u201ca citizen of this nation, not some nebulous global citizen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He worked hardest to set himself apart from many rivals when responding to questions on foreign policy\u2014a frequent and, at times, contentious topic during Mr. Carlson\u2019s conversations with the various candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNearly our entire field is indistinguishable in practice from where Biden is on this, which is in an undefined, ill-defined way, pouring more money into a war that I think is destined to become Vietnam or Iraq all over again,\u201d Mr. Ramaswamy said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can end this war and start prioritizing the interests of actual U.S. citizens here at home,\u201d he continued to applause from the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think any Republican donors agree with you,\u201d Mr. Carlson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that\u2019s accurate,\u201d Mr. Ramaswamy replied.<\/p>\n<p>He outlined a peace plan that would see Ukraine sacrifice the potential for NATO membership and part of the Donbas region in exchange for concessions from Russia\u2014strategic decoupling f<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Except for Donald Trump, all the leading Republican presidential candidates faced tough questions from journalist Tucker Carlson at a summit in Des Moines, Iowa. While some received a lukewarm or unfriendly response from the Christian audience, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy stood out and received a standing ovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":1973729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1973728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1973728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1973728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1973729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1973728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1973728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1973728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}