Friedberg: Vivek Ramaswamy's strategy is pandering to Trump's audience
David Friedberg · E143: Nvidia smashes earnings, Arm walks the plank, M&A market, Vivek dominates GOP debate & more · Aug 26, 2023 · at 1:06:55
David Friedberg criticizes 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's primary debate performance.
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“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 through polling, through his understanding and his intelligence, that this is what this audience, that is the bulk of the voting members of the Republican party want to hear. And he is telling them what they want to hear.”
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