Ramaswamy compares himself to Thomas Jefferson in appeal to Gen Z voters

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 Ramaswamy compares himself to Thomas Jefferson in appeal to Gen Z voters
by Miranda Nazzaro - 08/19/23 1:16 PM ET

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy compared himself to Founding Father Thomas Jefferson on Saturday while defending his age in the presidential race.

When asked by conservative radio host Erick Erickson if he is too young to be running for president, Ramaswamy said, “I don’t think so. If I did, I wouldn’t be in this race.”

“I’ll remind you that I’m in this race to revive those 1776 ideals of this country,” he added. “Well, who wrote those 1776 ideals on a page? Thomas Jefferson when he signed that Declaration of Independence. He was five years younger than me right now, he was 33-years-old.”

The 38-year-old billionaire entrepreneur is the youngest candidate in the Republican presidential primary race and argued his age actually helps him reach members of Generation Z. Ramaswamy said he debated waiting 20 years until his sons are older, but ultimately decided to run now because he does not believe “we have 20 years left as a country.”

“I think the truth is 20 years from now, I don’t think I’m going to be as effective in reaching a Gen Z where only 16 percent of them say they’re proud to be an American, where 60 percent of them say they would sooner give up their right to vote than to give up their access to Tik Tok,” he said at the event in Atlanta.

Ramaswamy explained he is taking inspiration from Jefferson and the other Founding Fathers, who he said “were born in an era where there’s something else different in the water. It didn’t say you had to be an expert.”

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https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4160171-ramaswamy-compares-himself-to-thomas-jefferson-in-appeal-to-gen-z-voters/

[Smokin Joe]

The comparison?

He's five years older than Jefferson when Jefferson wrote the Declaration.

I like the idea of getting back to basics in Government, as much as is possible. The founders had some great ideas and the farther we have gone afield from those ideals, the worse things have become. Cutting size of the government departments is a winner.

[Bigun]

I like the idea of getting back to basics in Government, as much as is possible. The founders had some great ideas and the farther we have gone afield from those ideals, the worse things have become. Cutting size of the government departments is a winner.

 

[libertybele]

I like what Ramsy is saying.  I just can't convince myself to trust him.  He is an unknown with no voting record, no political record, no real background to check.  This just wreaks of  O'Bama and the feeling that I get from reading and hearing what he says gives me an unsettling feeling.