{"id":2392903,"date":"2025-01-20T19:13:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T00:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-will-no-longer-serve-on-doge-with-elon-musk-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-20T19:13:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T00:13:46","slug":"ramaswamy-will-no-longer-serve-on-doge-with-elon-musk-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-will-no-longer-serve-on-doge-with-elon-musk-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaswamy will no longer serve on DOGE with Elon Musk &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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-will-no-longer-serve-on-doge-with-elon-musk-washington-examiner%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=2392903&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--><p>Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur\u200c and former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">presidential candidate<\/a>, has decided to step down from \u2063his role on President Donald Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-reveals-exactly-how-hell-fix-biden-harris-econ-disaster-will-rapidly-defeat-bidenflation\/\" title=\"Trump Reveals Exactly How He&#039;ll Fix Biden-Harris Econ Disaster: Will &#039;Rapidly&#039; Defeat Bidenflation\">government\u200d efficiency commission<\/a>, known \u200cas DOGE. This decision comes as he \u2064contemplates a potential run for\u200d governor\u2062 of Ohio. Ramaswamy&#8217;s focus will shift towards the Ohio gubernatorial campaign rather than his \u200bprevious position on\u2063 the \u2063commission. \u200dVivek \u2062Ramaswamy&#8217;s \u200ddecision to\u200c step down\u2063 from\u2062 his role on President Donald Trump&#8217;s\u200c government efficiency commission, DOGE, indicates a strategic shift in his political ambitions.With an eye on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-caitlyn-jenner-very-serious-about-challenging-gavin-newsom-in-california-recall-working-with-former-trump-campaign-manager\/\" title=\"Report: Caitlyn Jenner \u2018Very Serious\u2019 About Challenging Gavin Newsom In California Recall, Working With Former Trump Campaign Manager\">potential gubernatorial run<\/a> in Ohio,Ramaswamy is prioritizing his campaign efforts\u2062 over his responsibilities with\u2064 the commission. This move aligns with his aspirations in state politics and underscores his commitment to engage directly with Ohio voters. By focusing on the gubernatorial race, he\u200c may \u200caim to leverage his entrepreneurial background and policy ideas to appeal to constituents\u2063 in the state. As\u200b he navigates\u200c this new political\u2064 landscape, Ramaswamy \u200bwill likely be \u2063preparing to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">address key issues<\/a> that resonate with Ohio residents.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ramaswamy will no longer serve on DOGE with Elon Musk as he weighs run for Ohio governor&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1940642\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Entrepreneur and former presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vivek-ramaswamy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Vivek Ramaswamy\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a> is parting ways with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"President Donald Trump\">President Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3244667\/the-promise-of-doge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"government efficiency commission\">government efficiency commission<\/a> and instead will focus on a possible run for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ohio \">Ohio <\/a>governor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Ramasway&rsquo;s decision to leave DOGE, which he was set to run with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Elon Musk\">Elon Musk<\/a>, the billionaire Tesla CEO and owner of X, comes as he&rsquo;s considering seeking the governor&rsquo;s mansion in his home state.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/donald-trump-inauguration-day-white-house-washington-dc\/\"><strong>INAUGURATION DAY LIVE UPDATES: DONALD TRUMP RETURNS TO THE WHITE HOUSE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Vivek Ramaswamy played a critical role in helping us create DOGE,&rdquo; Anna Kelly, a spokeswoman for the commission, said in a statement provided to the <em>Washington Examiner. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He intends to run for elected office soon, which requires him to remain outside of DOGE, based on the structure that we announced today. We thank him immensely for his contributions over the last 2 months and expect him to play a vital role in making America great again!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy posted a photo of himself with Musk, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\/status\/1881360107956793647\">writing<\/a>, &ldquo;A new dawn.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A new dawn. &#127482;&#127480; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a3Vthjth69\">pic.twitter.com\/a3Vthjth69<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\/status\/1881360107956793647?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>The Department of Government Efficiency is not an official government department.&nbsp;Trump said the commission would provide outside advice on how to cut spending and work closely with White House budget officials.<\/p>\n<p>The entrepreneur and Cincinnati native ran in the GOP presidential primary before dropping out and endorsing Trump. The change in plans comes as Ramaswamy has made waves with Trump, some of his aides, and Musk, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/20\/us\/politics\/ramaswamy-doge-ohio-governor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to reporting from the <em>New York Times.<\/em> In December, he set off an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3271657\/trump-backs-musk-and-ramaswamy-on-h-1b-visas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"online\">online<\/a> fury from the anti-immigration wing of Trump&rsquo;s base for backing H-1B visas.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy&rsquo;s decision comes after term-limited Gov. Mike DeWine (R-OH) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3285054\/dewine-jon-husted-appointment-vance-senate-seat-ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced\">announced<\/a> Lt. Gov. Jon Husted would fill the Senate seat that is being vacated by Vice President J.D. Vance, passing over Ramaswamy, who was also an option for the job.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If Ramaswamy announces a gubernatorial run, he&rsquo;ll likely face the state&rsquo;s attorney general, Dave Yost, in a primary. Former Ohio Department of Health Director Amy Acton announced her intention to run as a Democrat in the race.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1940642\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1940642\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramaswamy steps down from DOGE to consider Ohio governor run<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2392904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ramaswamy--1024x791.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[23466,32192,18538,32076],"class_list":["post-2392903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-doge","tag-elon-musk","tag-ramaswamy","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Ramaswamy--1024x791.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392903","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\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2392903"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2392907,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2392903\/revisions\/2392907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2392904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2392903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2392903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2392903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}