{"id":2011198,"date":"2023-08-24T18:18:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T22:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1st-gop-presidential-debate-could-vivek-ramaswamy-be-the-conservative-version-of-obama\/"},"modified":"2023-08-24T18:18:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T22:18:43","slug":"1st-gop-presidential-debate-could-vivek-ramaswamy-be-the-conservative-version-of-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1st-gop-presidential-debate-could-vivek-ramaswamy-be-the-conservative-version-of-obama\/","title":{"rendered":"1st GOP Debate: Is Vivek Ramaswamy the Conservative Obama?"},"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\">18<\/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%2F1st-gop-presidential-debate-could-vivek-ramaswamy-be-the-conservative-version-of-obama%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=2011198&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>Republican \u2063Presidential Candidates Clash Over Abortion,\u2062 Foreign Policy,\u2062 and \u200dthe Economy<\/h2>\n<p>On August 23, eight Republican presidential candidates engaged in\u2064 a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-post-trump-gop\/\" title=\"The Post-Trump GOP\">heated debate<\/a>, tackling important\u200b issues such as abortion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">foreign policy<\/a>, and the economy. The night concluded \u200dwithout a clear favorite, but one candidate managed to steal the spotlight &#8211; entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.\u200b In fact, during an NTD panelist discussion, Ramaswamy was\u2062 even compared to a &#8220;conservative version of Obama.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Highlights of the First Republican Presidential Debate<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>00:00 \u200b- Mr. Ramaswamy was the first to raise his hand \u2062when asked if he would \u2064support former \u2064President Donald Trump\u2063 in the event of a\u200b conviction.<\/li>\n<li>01:19 &#8211; Could \u2064Vivek Ramaswamy become the conservative counterpart to former President Barack \u2062Obama?<\/li>\n<li>05:38 -\u2063 Roger L. Simon analyzes \u2063Mr. Ramaswamy&#8217;s \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservatives-are-woefully-out-marketed-by-liberals-its-time-to-level-up\/\" title=\"Conservatives Are Woefully Out-Marketed By Liberals. It\u2019s Time to Level Up.\">debate strategy<\/a> \u2063and performance.<\/li>\n<li>06:17 &#8211; \u200cDid Florida\u2062 Gov. Ron DeSantis&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/1st-gop-presidential-debate-could-vivek-ramaswamy-be-the-conservative-version-of-obama\/\" title=\"1st GOP Debate: Is Vivek Ramaswamy the Conservative Obama?\">leaked debate\u2062 strategy \u2062impact<\/a> his performance?<\/li>\n<li>07:21 &#8211; Tea Party Patriots\u200d Action co-founder \u200ddeclares President Trump as the winner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eight GOP candidates debated abortion, foreign policy, and the economy on Aug. 23. No clear favorite emerged, but Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur, stood out and was likened to a conservative Obama. 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