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Vivek Ramaswamy

45 statements across 10 episodes · 13 bullish · 23 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement Jul 21, 2023 by Vivek Ramaswamy · said 226 times in 41 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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brought up most by Jason Calacanis (95), Chamath Palihapitiya (43), David Sacks (39), David Friedberg (27), Akash Singh (6), Mark Cuban (4), Chris Christie (3), Senator Ted Cruz (2)

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Everything said about Vivek Ramaswamy, oldest first

Jul 21, 2023 neutral
What-if
Ramaswamy: Refusing NATO expansion would have prevented Russian invasion of Ukraine
“Because I don't think that we would have, if I was president, I don't think we would have gotten to the point of those things rolling in. Angela Merkel made some disastrous comments. Putin made a hard demand. We would have said hard no to Ukraine joining NATO,…”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 34:00 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 negative
Opinion
Ramaswamy: Anthony Fauci betrays science by substituting authority for open debate
“I think that Anthony Fauci betrays science by substituting the scientific method, which depends on free speech and open debate and inquiry with authority, which is actually fundamentally anti-scientific at its core.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 1:37:49 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023
Disclosure
Vivek Ramaswamy confirms he is vaccinated against COVID-19
“So I am vaccinated against COVID.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 1:37:39 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 negative
Disclosure
Ramaswamy pledges to shut down the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
“Laying out the anatomy of how I will shut down the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which has been a fundamentally hostile administrative agency to the existence of nuclear power in this country.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 23:30 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 negative
Opinion
Ramaswamy considers Biden family foreign business dealings the strongest scandal
“I think that's the strongest of the scandals I've heard so far.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 1:05:31 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 negative
Opinion
Ramaswamy: Trump did reprehensible things Ramaswamy would not have done
“Did he do things that I think are. Reprehensible that I wouldn't have done? Yeah, I think so. I mean, as they exist. Absolutely.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 1:01:01 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 negative
Disclosure
Ramaswamy pledges to abolish the $80B U.S. Department of Education
“So I've said that that department that spends about eighty billion dollars of taxpayer money, I'll shut it down.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 1:15:49 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Friedberg: Vivek Ramaswamy won't appeal to mass voters
“Look, I think the problem with Vivek is he's not going to be appealing to the masses because he's so smart and so articulate.”
David Friedberg Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 1:46:46 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Ramaswamy pledges to pardon Trump for current and future J6 indictments
“That's why I've come out and been very vocal about the fact that I would pardon Trump of each of the two indictments that have already been brought. And if the J six indictment is brought against him, I would do the same thing.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 43:59 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ramaswamy: SVB depositors would have received 94 cents per dollar without intervention
“If everybody had run and gotten their money out, I think it would have been like 94 cents on the dollar that everybody would have walked out with.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 48:58 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 negative
Opinion
Ramaswamy: Criminalizing bad judgments during elections sets an awful precedent
“I would have made very different judgments than he did, but I think criminalizing bad judgments, especially when done so against political opponents in the midst of a presidential election, is an awful judgment. For a US president and the Department of Justice…”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 1:00:34 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 negative
Insight
Ramaswamy: FDA regulation crowds out individual consumer scrutiny of medicines
“I think people would be far more. Scrutinizing of the medicines they took if it didn't come with the crowding out effect of that individual level of self-responsibility and due diligence that the government wasn't doing.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 53:44 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023
Disclosure
Ramaswamy: Campaign strategy is unfiltered communication despite gaffe risks
“That's my whole strategy, right? People can tell the difference, but then I'm going to change my mind on one out of a hundred things. Okay. And that's just going to happen, right? And I just have to be open to that and eat my words. And, you know, I'm going to…”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 47:09 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 negative
Opinion
Ramaswamy: Conservatives fail by opposing left-wing identity without offering an alternative
“Where conservatives fall badly short is by simply being anti those things without actually offering an alternative vision of our own, and I am aiming certainly to do that in this campaign.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 16:37 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 negative
Opinion
Ramaswamy: Trump prosecutions are an establishment immune response
“I think it's a collective anaphylactic immune response. To an antigen that challenged the system. I think that's really what it is.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 1:00:11 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Sacks: Ramaswamy endorsed raising FDIC business deposit insurance to $10M
“Vivek did endorse a proposal which we, I think Jason, you and I had both come up with, which was to have a higher level of FDIC insurance for business banking. I think it was like ten million or something like that.”
David Sacks Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 2:05:40 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 negative
Opinion
Ramaswamy: 30% of Americans lose ability to think independently over Trump
“Well, I think that, I think it's just the reality is people lose their ability to process information. People lose the ability to think independently. It's like a demonic possession that happens in this country of about, as best I can tell, about 30% of the co…”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 55:55 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Ramaswamy: No evidence ballot fraud altered 2020 election outcome
“I have not seen any data to suggest that the ballot fraud or anything like that would have been sufficient to overturn the ballot count of the ballots. I have not seen any evidence to that effect.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 58:09 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Vivek Ramaswamy pledges to pardon Julian Assange and Edward Snowden
“I would pardon Julian Assange. I would pardon Edward Snowden. I've committed to a long list of pardons of people who have taken steps to expose corruption that we otherwise would not have seen in this country.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 1:30:37 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023
Disclosure
Ramaswamy: Medical gender transition procedures should be restricted to adults 18+
“Just like you can't get a tattoo before the age of 18 in most, what we say is a decision that you are likely to regret, many, in many cases at least, likely to regret later in life, we let you make that decision as an adult.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 1:21:54 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Ramaswamy proposes requiring civics tests before granting US entry visas
“I would move the civics portion of becoming a citizen to the front end of even being granted a visa to enter this country.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 28:43 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 positive
What-if
Ramaswamy: Trump would have won in 2020 without laptop story suppression
“The sense in which the election was stolen was the Hunter Biden laptop story and the systematic suppression of information. I think that there is no doubt. That is no doubt. I think that the evidence strongly suggests that Trump would have been elected and not…”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 58:57 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 negative
Insight
Ramaswamy: Wokeism and anxiety stem from a void of purpose and meaning
“The way we actually combat, fill in your favorite blank, wokeism, climatism, covidism, fentanyl usage, anxiety, depression, loss of self-confidence, these things are symptoms of a deeper void of purpose and meaning”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 14:51 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 negative
Disclosure
Ramaswamy pledges he will not sign a federal abortion ban
“Unlike other Republican candidates, I will not be signing a federal abortion ban on constitutional grounds.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 1:29:08 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 negative
Opinion
Ramaswamy: Gender dysphoria is a mental health disorder
“Gender dysphoria is what I've said is a mental health disorder.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 1:20:13 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 negative
What-if
Ramaswamy says he would not get COVID vaccine today with current data
“Had I had the facts that I do now as a young, thankfully healthy male, I would not have actually chosen to get vaccinated.”
Vivek Ramaswamy Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 1:37:41 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Jul 21, 2023 neutral
Opinion
Chamath: RFK Jr. and Vivek Ramaswamy are more similar than different
“RFK and he are more similar than they are different on a lot of topics.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jul 21, 2023 ▶ 1:41:43 In conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy
Aug 18, 2023 bearish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Calacanis predicts Donald Trump will drop out within 6 to 12 months
“I believe that you're going to see Chris Christie and Vivek surge. It's going to be a three horse race with DeSantis. And I think Trump's going to be out of the race in the next six to 12 months.”
Jason Calacanis Aug 18, 2023 ▶ 1:14:43 E142: "Rich Men North of Richmond" hits #1, upward mobility, real estate capital crunch, Trump RICO
Aug 26, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath: Ramaswamy could build momentum by targeting Trump loyalists
“If he is able to thread that needle, which is what I think his effective strategy has been, He could really build momentum going into the fall.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Aug 26, 2023 ▶ 59:37 E143: Nvidia smashes earnings, Arm walks the plank, M&A market, Vivek dominates GOP debate & more
Aug 26, 2023 positive
Opinion
Chamath: Vivek Ramaswamy has smartest strategy in GOP primary
“Vivek is doing the smartest job of understanding the rules on the field”
Chamath Palihapitiya Aug 26, 2023 ▶ 1:01:03 E143: Nvidia smashes earnings, Arm walks the plank, M&A market, Vivek dominates GOP debate & more
Aug 26, 2023 neutral
Opinion
Friedberg: Vivek Ramaswamy won on dynamism but failed on debate policy
“I think Vivek was by far the winner on dynamic. He had the hardest hitting biggest comeback with a very close second being Chris Christie. But I do think that Vivek got taken apart when it comes to content. And I have real concerns about his personality. There…”
David Friedberg Aug 26, 2023 ▶ 57:08 E143: Nvidia smashes earnings, Arm walks the plank, M&A market, Vivek dominates GOP debate & more
Aug 26, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath: Vivek Ramaswamy has a really good chance to win the GOP nomination
“I think that Vivek has a really good chance of winning this Republican nomination.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Aug 26, 2023 ▶ 1:37:06 E143: Nvidia smashes earnings, Arm walks the plank, M&A market, Vivek dominates GOP debate & more
Aug 26, 2023 negative
Opinion
Friedberg: Vivek Ramaswamy's strategy is pandering to Trump's audience
“I'll also just restate this point about Vivek. I think it became abundantly clear that his strategy, Vivek, his strategy is to pander to the Trump audience. That his commentary about, you know, God is real. There's two genders. There's two genders. He knows th…”
David Friedberg Aug 26, 2023 ▶ 1:06:55 E143: Nvidia smashes earnings, Arm walks the plank, M&A market, Vivek dominates GOP debate & more
Aug 26, 2023 negative
Opinion
Chamath: Chris Christie took a low-key racist jab at Vivek Ramaswamy
“The dull point of the debate for me was that he, I thought, took a kind of like a low key racist jab at Vivek”
Chamath Palihapitiya Aug 26, 2023 ▶ 1:26:22 E143: Nvidia smashes earnings, Arm walks the plank, M&A market, Vivek dominates GOP debate & more
Aug 26, 2023
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Chamath predicts DeSantis, Vivek, and Scott or Haley as final primary contenders
“I think it'll be DeSantis, Vivek, and it'll be either Tim Scott or Nikki Haley.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Aug 26, 2023 ▶ 1:33:46 E143: Nvidia smashes earnings, Arm walks the plank, M&A market, Vivek dominates GOP debate & more
Sep 1, 2023 negative
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Top three GOP candidates all oppose Biden's Ukraine policy
“The top three candidates all have expressed significant either misgivings or opposition to our involvement in Ukraine. Trump, Vivek, and DeSantis, with varying degrees of strength, have basically all opposed Biden's policy, and they are the leading candidates …”
David Sacks Sep 1, 2023 ▶ 20:15 E144: Biden targets Elon, BRICS challenges the West, Tiger hit piece & more
Sep 12, 2023 negative
Opinion
Khanna criticizes Ramaswamy for calling January 6th rioters peaceful protesters
“I mean, I disagreed with him when he was, in my view, demagoguing the Silicon Valley bank issue. I don't think he has, you know, to describe the, ah, January sixth insurrectionists or people who broke into the capital as nonviolent, peaceful protest, which is …”
Ro Khanna Sep 12, 2023 ▶ 26:03 All-In Summit: Ro Khanna on China, political reform, major challenges facing the US and more
Sep 22, 2023 bullish
Prediction Didn’t hold up
Chamath: Vivek Ramaswamy will be number two in GOP polling soon
“He'll be the clear number two in about four, between four and eight weeks from now.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Sep 22, 2023 ▶ 3:38 E146: Did the Fed break the VC model? Plus IPOs, M&A, revaluing unicorns & more
Sep 22, 2023 positive
Disclosure
Sacks: Ukraine war approach is a litmus test for supporting presidential candidates
“For me, I'm viewing candidates as either being acceptable or unacceptable, and Vivek is acceptable to me. I think DeSantis is too. The ones who are unacceptable to me are the ones who would escalate this Ukraine war, because I think that avoiding World War III…”
David Sacks Sep 22, 2023 ▶ 5:54 E146: Did the Fed break the VC model? Plus IPOs, M&A, revaluing unicorns & more
Oct 13, 2023 positive
Opinion
Chamath: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Vivek Ramaswamy are intellectual outliers
“Clinton as well. Clinton was incredibly steeped in policy. He was excellent. He was intellectually... A massive outlier. Obama is an intellectual outlier. Vivek is an intellectual outlier.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Oct 13, 2023 ▶ 54:58 E149: Hamas terror attacks in Israel: fallout, reaction, next steps
Oct 13, 2023 positive
Opinion
Calacanis: Vivek Ramaswamy rises in polls because he represents excellence
“Like, I think the reason he is going up in the polls and the reason people are drawn to him is because he's smart and he's exceptional and he represents One of the great things about America is that there's people who want to win and they're smart and excellen…”
Jason Calacanis Oct 13, 2023 ▶ 54:03 E149: Hamas terror attacks in Israel: fallout, reaction, next steps
Nov 11, 2023 negative
Opinion
Palihapitiya: Mainstream media has completely erased Vivek Ramaswamy's candidacy
“The mainstream media has completely erased Vivek's candidacy. I don't even think it exists in the eyes of the mainstream media.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 11, 2023 ▶ 1:05:11 Jared Kushner: Israel-Hamas War, paths forward, macro picture, AI
Nov 23, 2024 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Legacy media will attack DOGE as self-serving regardless of strategy
“That story that you told is gonna be told by the legacy media and all the haters and the enemies, regardless of what Elon and Vink do.”
David Sacks Nov 23, 2024 ▶ 36:40 DOGE unveils a roadmap, Unlocking GDP Growth, WW3 escalation, Fat cell memory
Nov 23, 2024 positive
Opinion
Palihapitiya: Musk and Ramaswamy's DOGE essay created $100B in market value
“So, so I think that it was probably a hundred billion dollar essay just writing it.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Nov 23, 2024 ▶ 31:50 DOGE unveils a roadmap, Unlocking GDP Growth, WW3 escalation, Fat cell memory
Jan 20, 2025 bearish
Prediction Open · timeframe Jan 2030
Akash Singh: Vivek Ramaswamy will not win a governorship
“So I don't think he's gonna be able to win a governorship.”
Akash Singh Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 20:27 All-In Inauguration Day Livestream with the Besties from Washington, DC!
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