Vivek Ramaswamy in Third GOP presidential primary debate
On Energy & Oil:
Increase supply of everything
Vivek Ramaswamy: As a CEO, the economic question is core to my vision and policy prescription for this country. Increase the supply of everything. It's the law of supplies and demand. Increase the supply of energy, that brings down the cost of energy,
grows the economy. Drill, frack, burn coal, embrace nuclear. Increase the supply of labor in this country. Stop using our taxpayer money to pay people more to stay at home instead of to go to work.
Source: NBC News 2023 Republican primary debate in Miami
Nov 8, 2023
On Foreign Policy:
Ukraine is no paragon of democracy; it's not good-vs-evil
Vivek Ramaswamy: Ukraine is not a paragon of democracy. This is a country that has banned 11 opposition parties. It has consolidated all media into one state TV media arm. That's not democratic. It has threatened not to hold elections this year
unless the U.S. forks over more money. That is not democratic. It has celebrated a Nazi in its ranks, the comedian in cargo pants, a man called Zelensky. And so to frame this as some kind of battle between good versus evil, don't buy it.
Source: NBC News 2023 Republican primary debate in Miami
Nov 8, 2023
On Homeland Security:
We need to increase our naval capacity by at least 20%
Vivek Ramaswamy: I think that we need to increase our naval capacity by at least 20% over the course of the next several years and be able to meet our AUKUS agreement standards. Right now, we are at risk of not even being able to meet our
AUKUS standards with Australia and the UK. So what we need to do is have a plan that reverses the trajectory of the divest to invest program by 20% over the next three years.
Source: NBC News 2023 Republican primary debate in Miami
Nov 8, 2023
On Principles & Values:
Republicans have become a party of losers
Q: Why you and not the former president?Vivek Ramaswamy: We've become a party of losers. Since Ronna McDaniel took over as chairwoman of the RNC in 2017, we have lost 2018, 2020, 2022, no red wave that never came, we got trounced last night in 2023.
And I think that we have to have accountability in our party for that matter, Ron, if you want to come on stage tonight, you want to look the GOP voters in the eye and tell them you resign. I will yield my time to you.
Source: NBC News 2023 Republican primary debate in Miami
Nov 8, 2023
On Drugs:
To stop fentanyl, build wall at northern border as well
Vivek Ramaswamy: And then the other thing that hasn't been discussed is the northern border. I'm the only candidate on the stage as far as I'm aware, who has actually visited the northern border.
There was enough fentanyl that was captured just on the northern border last year to kill 3 million Americans. So we got to just skate to where the puck is going, not just where the puck is. Don't just build the wall, build both walls.
Source: NBC News 2023 Republican primary debate in Miami
Nov 8, 2023
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