{"id":2006193,"date":"2023-08-20T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-interested-vivek-ramaswamy-says-hed-turn-down-offer-for-vice-presidency\/"},"modified":"2023-08-20T11:02:23","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T15:02:23","slug":"not-interested-vivek-ramaswamy-says-hed-turn-down-offer-for-vice-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-interested-vivek-ramaswamy-says-hed-turn-down-offer-for-vice-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;No Interest&#8217;: Vivek Ramaswamy Declines Vice Presidency Offer"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fnot-interested-vivek-ramaswamy-says-hed-turn-down-offer-for-vice-presidency%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=2006193&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--><h2>GOP Presidential Candidate \u2064Vivek Ramaswamy Rejects VP Offer<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GOP presidential candidate Vivek \u2062Ramaswamy said if he fails to clinch the\u2064 Republican Party\u2019s nomination for\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cbp-ice-release-reports-on-border-arrests-seizures\/\" title=\"CBP, ICE release reports on border arrests, seizures\">highest office<\/a> in the land, he\u2063 isn\u2019t going to settle for the second-in-command. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur from Ohio, made the comments on Saturday during an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6334615087112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> on Fox News\u2019s \u201cCavuto Live\u201d\u2062 with host\u2064 Neil Cavuto.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDonald Trump and I share something in common and that is that neither of us does well in a number 2 position,\u201d Ramaswamy <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/4160226-ramaswamy-on-vp-slot-im-not-interested-in-a-different-position-in-the-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> \u200b when asked if he\u2019d be willing to accept a VP offer. \u201cI\u2019m built to actually lead\u2064 the organizations that I\u2019ve built, and \u2063I think that, when I\u2019m looking at \u200bthe federal government, my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-america-promises-you-freedom-not-love\/\" title=\"WATCH: America Promises You Freedom \u2014 Not Love\">greatest contribution<\/a>, Neil \u2013 and one of \u2063my goals being\u2063 to reunite this country \u2013 I\u2019m going to be in the best \u200bposition\u200d to get that\u2063 done if I\u2019m doing that from\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rumored-biden-nom-for-nasa-administrator-out-of-touch-experts-say\/\" title=\"Rumored Biden Nom for NASA Administrator Out of Touch, Experts Say\">top job<\/a>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m not interested in a different position in \u200cthe government,\u201d he added. \u201cFrankly, \u2063I\u2019d\u200b drive change \u200bthrough the private sector sooner than becoming a number 2 or a \u200bnumber 3 in the \u2062federal government.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2024 presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VivekGRamaswamy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VivekGRamaswamy<\/a> (R) tells Neil he would turn\u200d down \u2064an offer to run\u200d as Vice President: \u2063&#8221;I&#8217;ve been \u200cvery clear. I&#8217;m not interested in a \u2063different position \u2062in\u200b the government.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p42Ayl5fxA\">pic.twitter.com\/p42Ayl5fxA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2062Neil Cavuto (@TeamCavuto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamCavuto\/status\/1692937760812736851?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When Cavuto\u2063 mentioned\u200d the vice presidency being \u2062a \u201cheartbeat away\u201d from\u200b the presidency and explicitly\u2062 asked \u2063Ramaswamy if he\u200b would turn the position down if offered, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-people-react-at-tucker-carlson-forum-with-2024-candidates\/\" title=\"People react to 2024 candidates at Tucker Carlson forum.\">presidential\u2062 candidate<\/a> said he would. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ramaswamy went on to explain his decision, saying that his \u200bcampaign isn\u2019t about a \u201cquest \u200dfor personal power\u201d but about \u201creviving\u2063 our missing national \u2063identity\u201d and reaching\u200c younger generations with his message \u2013 something he says he can \u200donly do from the top job. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former President Trump currently \u2062leads the Republican field\u2063 for \u200bpresident, followed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and \u2062Ramaswamy,\u2063 according to the RealClear Politics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2024\/president\/us\/2024_republican_presidential_nomination-7548.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">average of polls<\/a>. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, in recent weeks, Ramaswamy \u2013 who was\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-interested-vivek-ramaswamy-says-hed-turn-down-offer-for-vice-presidency\/\" title=\"'No Interest': Vivek Ramaswamy Declines Vice Presidency Offer\">largely politically\u2062 unknown prior<\/a> to his campaign \u2013 appears to\u2064 be <a href=\"https:\/\/emersoncollegepolling.com\/august-2023-national-poll-desantis-fades-into-tie-with-ramaswamy-trump-maintains-majority-of-gop-support-ahead-of-debate\/\">rising<\/a> in some\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/08\/18\/us\/politics\/vivek-ramaswamy-ron-desantis-republican-primary.html\">polls<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re doing \u2062well, Neil, because I \u2062am speaking the truth\u200c in an unapologetic \u2062way,\u201d Ramaswamy told Cavuto regarding his rise. \u201cI began at 0.0% in the polls\u2062 in March, I\u2019m now\u2063 in second place in \u2063many of the polls coming out over the weekend,\u201d he added, saying that\u200b instead of focusing on \u200dwhat the Republican Party is \u201crunning\u200b from,\u201d he plans on \u200cfocusing on what the party is \u201crunning to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Other Republican candidates,\u200d including \u200bDeSantis and former\u200b United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, have made \u2063similar comments regarding the vice presidency. When asked whether he would be Trump\u2019s running mate\u2064 if it came down to it, DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/ron-desantis-says-wouldnt-donald-trumps-running-mate-rcna93770\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the \u200d\u201cWisconsin Right \u200dNow\u201d radio show in July, \u201cI don\u2019t think so, I\u2019m \u2064not a No. 2 guy.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Haley, \u2064in an\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/08\/17\/nikki-haley-2024-debate-running-as-a-woman-00111594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with POLITICO, said, \u201cI\u200d think everybody that says, \u2018She\u2019s doing this to be vice\u2063 president,\u2019 \u2063needs \u2064to understand I don\u2019t run for second.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stated that if he doesn&#8217;t secure the Republican Party&#8217;s nomination, he won&#8217;t settle for being the vice president. Ramaswamy, an Ohio entrepreneur, made this declaration during an interview on Fox News&#8217;s &#8220;Cavuto Live&#8221; with Neil Cavuto. 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