{"id":2011685,"date":"2023-08-25T06:48:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T10:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-raises-close-to-half-a-million-in-first-hours-after-first-presidential-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T06:50:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T10:50:58","slug":"ramaswamy-raises-close-to-half-a-million-in-first-hours-after-first-presidential-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-raises-close-to-half-a-million-in-first-hours-after-first-presidential-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaswamy collects nearly $500K within hours after initial presidential debate."},"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\">20<\/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%2Framaswamy-raises-close-to-half-a-million-in-first-hours-after-first-presidential-debate%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=2011685&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>Biotech Entrepreneur \u200cVivek Ramaswamy \u2062Shines in First Presidential Debate<\/h2>\n<p>Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy received a significant fundraising boost following the first \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">presidential debate<\/a> in Wisconsin. Since the debate, Ramaswamy has raised an impressive $450,000, with an average donation of $38, according to his spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the absence of former President\u2062 Donald Trump,\u2063 all eyes were on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at the first GOP debate. However, it was \u2064Ramaswamy who stole the show and \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-free-gop-means-more-ramaswamy-trends-and-highlights-of-the-first-debate-5479871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took center\u200b stage<\/a> \u200bwith his strong performance on the national platform.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Story<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/trump-team-banned-from-debate-backstage-250m-views-on-twitter-vivek-slides-away-with-victory-polls-facts-matter-5480285\">Trump \u2064Team Banned\u2063 from Debate Backstage; 250M Views on Twitter;\u2062 Vivek \u200cSlides Away\u2062 With Victory: \u200bPolls | Facts Matter<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/24\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/poll.fm\/12675305\/results\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drudge Report poll<\/a> on the winner\u2062 of the first Republican debate, \u200cRamaswamy led with an impressive 34\u2062 percent of the votes. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley followed with 23 percent, while DeSantis\u2063 and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie received 18 percent \u200dand \u200c16 percent, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>In another poll conducted \u2063by Daily Mail,\u200b which surveyed 504\u200c Republicans,\u200b 28 percent believed Ramaswamy\u200d had\u200d the best\u200d debate\u2064 performance. DeSantis closely followed with 27 percent, \u200bformer Vice President \u200cMike Pence received\u200d 13 percent, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) garnered 8 percent, and Haley received 7 percent.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Republican presidential candidates (L-R), former New Jersey Gov. Chris \u200cChristie, \u200bformer Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and Vivek Ramaswamy \u200dspeak during a break in\u2064 the first debate of the\u2062 GOP primary season hosted by\u2063 FOX News\u200b at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis., on Aug. 23, 2023. (Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ramaswamy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuomo-book-publisher-cancels-second-printing-paperback\/\" title=\"Cuomo Book Publisher Cancels Second Printing, Paperback\">received praise<\/a> for addressing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/gop-debate-ramaswamy-praised-for-bringing-up-epidemic-of-fatherlessness-5479943\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">crisis of fatherlessness<\/a> in the\u2063 United \u2064States during the debate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe word &#8216;privilege&#8217;\u200c gets used a lot,\u201d Ramaswamy \u2064stated.\u200d \u201cWell,\u200b you know what? I did have\u200d the ultimate \u200bprivilege of\u2064 having two parents in \u200bthe house, with\u200b a focus on educational achievement, \u200band I want every\u2062 kid to experience that. So, part of the problem\u2062 is that\u200b our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-raises-close-to-half-a-million-in-first-hours-after-first-presidential-debate\/\" title=\"Ramaswamy collects nearly 0K within hours after initial presidential debate.\">federal government pays single women<\/a> \u200bmore not to have a man in the house than\u200d to \u200dhave one, contributing \u2063to \u2064the epidemic of \u200cfatherlessness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further emphasized, \u201cAnd I believe this\u2062 issue is closely tied to the education crisis because \u200cwe must remember that education starts\u2062 with the family, and the nuclear\u2062 family is the greatest form of governance\u200b known \u200cto mankind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/laurenboebert\/status\/1694522977587491127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">took<\/a> to X, formerly \u2062known as Twitter, to commend \u200dRamaswamy for his\u2063 comments on climate change, stating that \u201c[he] is right\u2014more people \u2062are dying from climate\u200d change policies\u200b than from climate change itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy\u2062 also received praise from former President Donald Trump for his\u2064 statement during the debate \u200bthat \u201cPresident Trump, I believe, was the best president of the 21st \u200ccentury. It&#8217;s a fact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although Trump did not participate in the debate, he <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/110943144651234341\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared<\/a> a video clip of Ramaswamy&#8217;s statements \u200don his\u2064 Truth Social account and expressed his \u2064gratitude, saying, \u201cThis\u200c answer gave \u200cVivek\u200c Ramaswamy a big WIN in the \u2063debate because of a thing called\u2063 TRUTH. Thank you Vivek!\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Vivek Ramaswamy (L) and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley participate \u2064in the first debate of the GOP primary season\u200d hosted by FOX News \u2063at the Fiserv Forum \u200din \u2062Milwaukee,\u2062 Wis., \u2062on Aug. 23, 2023. (Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>During the debate, Ramaswamy engaged \u200bin heated arguments with Haley regarding the Ukraine war. \u200bThe biotech entrepreneur expressed his\u2062 reluctance to support\u200c Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, stating \u200dthat \u201cUkraine is not \u2063a priority for the\u200d United States \u2062of America\u201d and \u201cThe real threat we face \u200btoday is Communist\u2062 China, and we\u200c are \u200bdriving Russia further into China&#8217;s arms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, Haley \u200dcriticized Ramaswamy for wanting to \u2064\u201chand Ukraine to Russia\u201d\u200b and added, \u201cYou have no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nikki-haley-at-rjc-biden-admin-cant-be-trusted-to-stop-iran-nuclear-threat\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley at RJC: Biden Admin Can\u2019t Be Trusted to Stop Iran Nuclear Threat\">foreign policy experience<\/a>, and it\u200b shows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a political\u200c newcomer, Ramaswamy\u200c raised \u200dover $7.7 million in the second quarter, according to\u200d his\u200b Federal Election Commission \u2063(<a href=\"https:\/\/docquery.fec.gov\/cgi-bin\/forms\/C00833913\/1714061\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FEC<\/a>) \u200dfiling. He currently has approximately $9 million\u2064 in \u2063cash on \u200dhand.<\/p>\n<p>According to the most\u2063 recent poll (<a href=\"https:\/\/mclaughlinonline.com\/pols\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/National-Presentation-RELEASE-8-23-2023-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pdf<\/a>)\u2064 by McLaughlin and Associates, which surveyed 450 likely voters&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy received a funding boost of $450,000 since the Wisconsin presidential debate. The average donation of $38 contributed to this amount. Tricia McLaughlin, his spokesperson, shared this information with The Associated Press on Aug. 24. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was anticipated to fill the void left by former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"featured_media":2011686,"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-2011685","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\/2011685","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\/252"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2011685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2011686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2011685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2011685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2011685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}