Ramaswamy’s speech at CPAC was designed to appeal to the conservative Republican base, which has become increasingly critical of China’s role in the world economy
Indian-American US presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will ban US companies from doing business in China if elected US President in 2024. In his first major address to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Ramaswamy referred to three “secular religions” that he claimed were causing an identity crisis in the US: race, sex, and climate. He argued that America needed to rediscover its national identity, based on the principles of merit, character, and contribution, rather than race. Ramaswamy also criticized the Department of Education and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and pledged to dismantle both agencies, reported thechenabtimes.com and PTI.
Ramaswamy’s speech at CPAC was designed to appeal to the conservative Republican base, which has become increasingly critical of China’s role in the world economy. The ban on US companies doing business in China is a contentious issue, with many conservatives arguing that China represents a strategic threat to American interests. Ramaswamy’s proposal is likely to win support from those who believe that the US needs to take a tougher stance on China’s economic policies and human rights abuses.
Ramaswamy’s speech at CPAC was well-received by the conservative Republican base. His call for America to rediscover its national identity and reject identity politics was particularly popular, and his pledge to ban US companies from doing business in China is likely to win support from those who believe that China represents a strategic threat to American interests
Ramaswamy argued that America was suffering from an identity crisis caused by three “secular religions.” The first of these, he claimed, was the “woke racial religion,” which he said divided people based on their skin colour. Ramaswamy argued that this had created a “new culture of fear” in America, and that the solution was to reject race-based policies such as affirmative action.
The second “secular religion” Ramaswamy identified was the idea that people’s sexuality is “completely fluid” over the course of their lifetime. He claimed that this idea was not based on reason but was instead a kind of religion. The third “secular religion” he identified was the belief that the US needs to fight carbon emissions at all costs. Ramaswamy argued that this was really about “power, dominion, control, punishment, and apologizing for what we have achieved in this country.”
Ramaswamy’s speech at CPAC was well-received by the conservative Republican base. His call for America to rediscover its national identity and reject identity politics was particularly popular, and his pledge to ban US companies from doing business in China is likely to win support from those who believe that China represents a strategic threat to American interests.
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