Vivek Ramaswamy insists GOP should face some 'hard realities' before going after Kamala Harris

WASHINGTON, DC: Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy warned Republicans to wake up and face some "hard realities" before criticizing the presumptive Democratic nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris, ahead of the general election in November, reported Fox News on Friday, July 26.

The biotech entrepreneur had also taken to the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) the previous day to share his opinions, which went viral and garnered widespread support.

Vivek Ramaswamy's tweet cautioning Republicans

"Time for our side to wake up to some hard realities, fast," Ramaswamy wrote on Thursday, before listing out, "Number one. Stop calling on Biden to step down or to be forced out. That will just give Kamala all the benefits of running as an incumbent US President. And she won’t be any better for America in the next 5 months than Biden will be."

"Number two. Stop attacking Kamala for locking up too many people as a prosecutor. It lends credibility to the otherwise ridiculous claim that she’s a 'law-and-order' candidate," he continued. "Number three. Stop saying that Kamala covered up to help Biden, while also saying that Kamala staged a coup to overthrow Biden. It doesn’t make sense to say both at once. And if we say things that don’t make sense, we will lose votes."

"Our biggest risk isn’t that voters will suddenly fall in love with Kamala. She didn’t even make it to her own party’s Iowa caucus because voters didn’t like her, *despite* fake enthusiasm the media tried to generate around her even back then," he highlighted. "Our biggest risk is we get distracted & forget to offer our own vision for the future of the United States of America."

"We’re going to win this thing by defining who we are & what we actually stand *for*. Merit. Free speech. Self-governance. The rule of law. A historic landslide for Trump is still achievable. It’s up to us to seize it."

Vivek Ramaswamy elaborates on his viral tweet in Fox News interview

Speaking with Fox News Digital on Friday, Ramaswamy stated, "The bottom line is, I think what's happened is a lot of Republicans were caught by surprise after the convention. That's resulted in some reactive steps that I don't think all make sense. And I think they're actually hurting us."

He went on to explain the three points he made earlier on X and said that it "makes absolutely zero sense" for GOP leaders to call for Biden to resign immediately following the suspension of his reelection campaign.

"Kamala Harris is unproven as a political leader, let alone as the US president. Why put her in a position as the US president with all the benefits of incumbency? Oval Office addresses, God forbid, to even change policy or foreign policy, to be able to create circumstances that make her look better. That's one of the advantages that many incumbent presidents, the sad truth is, have used throughout American history," noted Ramaswamy.

"It's not going to be good for America and it's not going to be good for Republican electoral prospects if Kamala Harris is the President of the United States of America for even a short period of time, for even a minute. I don't think that's something we should want, and it doesn't make sense and that's why I called it out," he added.

Taking on some Republicans slamming Harris for locking away too many people for petty crimes, Ramaswamy mentioned, "So look, this is the other category of criticisms I see coming, even from some conservatives, saying that she locked up too many people while she was a prosecutor. This is the wrong line of attack. It doesn't make sense. In fact, one of the images that Kamala Harris is trying to project is that she's somehow going to be a law-and-order presidential candidate. I find that laughable."

"Look at under the Democratic regime, including policies that she has supported, clear the jails, defund the police," he continued.

Ramaswamy further stated, "That's resulted in a wave of rampant crime in this country. People in the United States of America, across the aisle and both camps, are dead set against this wave of crime. But if against that backdrop, Republicans are criticizing her for locking too many people up, it doesn't make sense because it legitimizes the otherwise laughable claim that she's a law-and-order candidate."

Ramaswamy went on to state that Republicans cannot go about accusing Harris of hiding Joe Biden's health conditions while organizing a coup to remove the incumbent at the same time.

"The main point is what voters really care about is the future," he said. "What are we actually going to deliver? And the more we focus on bickering on that past political missteps or whatever from the Democratic side, the more small-minded we're going to be seen as being."

"On one hand, you have Republicans saying that Kamala Harris covered up for Joe Biden. She was covering for him and telling the public that he was actually a great president, when in fact he wasn't cognitively capable," he added. "On the other hand, at the same time, we're saying that Kamala staged this coup against Biden. It doesn't make sense to many independent voters to say both of those things at the same time. They're self-contradictory."

"If we say things that don't make sense, we're more likely to lose votes, which is the thing that I care most about. So I come back to the basic point. That's not how we're going to win this election. We're not going to win this election by picking at these nit-picking… ‘inside baseball’ political criticisms of Kamala. It doesn't matter. The voters don't care," he claimed.

Vivek Ramaswamy argues GOP should focus on fighting the Democratic machine

Vivek Ramaswamy believed the presumptive Democratic nominee was weak by herself, but the Democratic "machine" made her a formidable opponent.

"The voters don't love Kamala Harris on her own terms," Ramaswamy said. "We know that because even when she was running in the Democratic primary, she didn't even make it to the Iowa caucus. I was an unknown 37-year-old businessman, ran for office for the first time as US president last year. I have more delegates that have supported me for US president than Kamala Harris ever has had. That's because voters don't find her compelling. So it's not that Kamala Harris is our biggest risk."

However, he went on to warn Republicans against complacency, which may lead to them failing to secure Donald Trump the White House.

"You got to compete like you're behind, or else you soon will be. We're not up against a candidate. It's not Kamala. It's not Joe. It's not any other individual candidate. We are up against a machine and the more we understand that, we have formidable opponents. Let's take stock of some sobering realities. Republicans have lost devastating defeats relative to expectations in 2018, 2020, 2022. I don't want to see the same thing happen in 2024," he said.

"So, you know what? ‘Fool me once. Shame on you. Fool me twice. Shame on me.’ The old adage means something for a reason. I think our movement needs to wake up and say that winning by a little bit shouldn't even be our goal. We've got to win by a landslide, and a landslide minus some shenanigans in margin is still going to be a victory. That's the attitude we need."

"We can easily defeat Kamala Harris in the same landslide we were going to defeat Joe Biden on. But it's not going to be by nit-picking on random political criticisms of her. I think those could backfire. I think the way we're going to do it is by articulating our own vision of who we are and what we stand for. And if so, we win this thing not only in a landslide, but we unite this country and revive our country, which is something we're hungry for," concluded Ramaswamy.

Internet agrees with Vivek Ramaswamy's take

Netizens commenting on Vivek Ramaswamy's stance on the Fox News website agreed with the conservative entrepreneur, urging the Trump campaign to prioritize issues.

On X, Ramaswamy's tweet received significant support, including an endorsement from the platform's CEO, Elon Musk.

"Wise words," Musk reacted to Ramaswamy's tweet.

"Vivek spitting facts," stated another user.

"Always on the mark," praised a user.

"Excellent points. Vivek is a shrewd strategist," expressed another.

"He ABSOLUTELY has the right perspective," commented a person on the Fox News website, as another shared, "Hope Trump and Vance are listening."

"Vivek is spot on. Trump, listen to him! We cannot squander another clear victory opportunity by getting hung up on personal criticisms. Policy, policy, policy. Differences, differences, differences. We win!" exclaimed a user.

"VR is not wrong. Republicans had better wake up to the reality. Four more years of this mess and there will be no coming back," noted yet another.

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