Vivek Ramaswamy Eyes Vance’s Senate Seat
WASHINGTON, DC (IANS) – Vivek Ramaswamy is fishing for the US Senate seat that will fall vacant if former President Donald Trump wins the presidential polls, taking away its current occupant J.D. Vance, the Republican nominee for Vice-President.
“To be frank, I would strongly consider it if I were asked to serve,” Ramaswamy told NBC News.
“I have not discussed this with Governor DeWine, but, you know, I look forward to evaluating what the future holds in store. I would strongly consider it if asked,” he added.
Under US rules, Ohio Governor Mike DeWin will nominate someone to complete Vance’s six-year term that started in January 2023, after which that person will have to run for the seat or leave it for others to fight for it.
DeWine is a Republican like Vance and Ramaswamy is from Ohio state which Vance represents in the US Senate.
DeWine has said “it’s much too early” to name a replacement.
If DeWine picks him, Ramaswamy will become the only Indian-descent member of the current Senate and only the second of Indian-descent. The first Indian American in the US Senate was Vice-President Kamala Harris.
Ramaswamy may even land a position in a second Trump administration if the former President wins. He has impressed Trump with his complete embrace of the latter’s MAGA agenda and for forcefully defending him from attacks by critics such as former Governors Chris Christie and Nikki Haley during the Republican primaries; Trump had ignored the primaries while staying miles ahead in polls.
Ramaswamy had quit the race endorsing Trump and had been a part of the starting line of contenders who auditioned for the VP slot on Trump ticket but did not make it.
But Trump went on to indicate, according to reports, that if elected, he might name Ramaswamy to head the powerful Department of Homeland Security, which runs, among other things, the country’s immigration services.
So, even as he eyes Vance’s vacated Senate seat, Ramaswamy is keeping his options open.
“I would also want to have a serious conversation with President Trump about the other ways I could have an impact on the country,” he said, adding, “My top passion is taking on the regulatory state.”
Qmind
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It would be career suicide to be a Senator, after his climbing carrer in GOP.. He was -if not the best- the most eloquent and succinct speaker at the Republican National Convention and Nikki Haley who was invited by Trump as a conciliatory gesture was the most uninspirational and boring speaker who still has no chance in the Trump administration. She was booed out. Vivek/Vance or Vance/Vivek will make a formidable team akin to Clinton/Gore. When Clinton announced his candidacy for presidents he was going nowhere until he announced Gore as is running mate and he never looked back and this is the same situation with the Vance/Vivek.
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Mouli
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Please don’t refer to Kamala Harris as Indian American. According to her , majority of times she refers to herself as African American and only when she is need of major donors, she comes sucking up to the Indian groups and calls herself Indian. he is a chameleon.
July 17, 2024Jeet Gupta
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It will be a collosal mistake to elect Trump to be the next POTUS. I think he will not win the election. Therefore, Vance’s seat will not be open and there will be no Trump Administration for Vivek to have any part of that. He is being too greedy to ask for these thinks right now when the election has not even taken place. That itself should disqualify him. These people are thinking of themselves at the cost of the well-being of the country.
July 17, 2024