EXCLUSIVE: Candace Owens will campaign with Vivek Ramaswamy in Iowa in the days before the caucuses
- Candace Owens joins Vivek Ramaswamy in Iowa on Thursday to campaign for 2024 hopeful, just days before the caucuses, DailyMail.com can share
- The conservative commentator endorsed Ramaswamy in November
- Campaign said, “Candace is a conservative powerhouse. We're thrilled to have her on the campaign trail in Iowa with Vivek as he pounds the pavement.”
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In a one-day, four-city tour, conservative commentator Candace Owens will join hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy on the campaign trail in Iowa in 2024, DailyMail.com can exclusively share.
Owens, 34, was an early critic of Trump before endorsing him in 2016 and 2020. The influential talking head among conservatives said in November that she supports Ramaswamy.
Her full-throated support for the self-made millionaire came after the NBC News debate in Miami, Florida. Ramaswamy was possibly his most popular among the Republican voting bloc around this time and had several viral moments during the confrontation.
The biotech entrepreneur is hitting Iowa hard with just eight days until the Jan. 15 caucuses — and Owens joins him four days before the first-in-the-nation contest.
Candace Owens joins Vivek Ramaswamy in Iowa on Thursday to campaign for the 2024 hopeful, just days before the caucuses. Pictured: Owens supported Ramaswamy during an episode of her podcast in November following his viral appearance during the NBC News debate
Ramaswamy completed a feat earlier this month that saw him visit all 99 Iowa counties twice — and will continue to storm the state leading up to the Jan. 15 caucuses, including four events with Owens four days before the game
It comes after Ramaswamy made two visits to all 99 counties in the Hawkeye State earlier this month.
Ramaswamy will take Owens to a meeting in Davenport on Thursday. Jan. 11, followed by a town hall in Jackson County. The two will then head to Dubuque and Linn counties to end the full campaign day with two more rallies.
“Candace is a conservative powerhouse. We are thrilled to have her on the campaign trail in Iowa with Vivek as he pounds the pavement for the caucuses,” campaign senior adviser Tricia McLaughlin told DailyMail.com in a statement about the upcoming events.
She added, “There is no one better than Vivek Ramaswamy and we are ready for him to shock the world on January 15.”
Ramaswamy enjoyed some rise in the polls after blockbuster moments during debates that went viral, but consistently finished in fourth place behind Donald Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley.
According to the FiveThirtyEight polling average in Iowa, Ramaswamy has 6 percent support. Haley is in third place with 15.7 percent, DeSantis in second with 18.4 percent and Trump in first place with 50 percent in the Hawkeye State.
In addition to his day with Owens on January 11, Ramaswamy is storming Iowa ahead of the caucuses.
So far, there have been 14 events spread over the period from January 8 to January 10 – with more to come before the January 15 caucuses.
Ramaswamy earned some viral moments during the NBC News presidential primary debate in November, leading to Owens voicing her full support the next day
Ramaswamy did not qualify for the final debate before the caucuses, hosted by CNN on Wednesday, January 10, at Drake University in Des Moines. Instead, in the same book, he will host a “live audience show” as DeSantis and Haley take the stage to compete against each other.
He was also the only candidate in the 2024 race to complete the 'full Grassley' twice. The feat is named after Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley and refers to a candidate visiting and campaigning in all 99 counties in Iowa.
Ramaswamy is unapologetically the most pro-Trump candidate of the remaining field, refusing to bad-mouth the former president and even praising the work he did between 2016-2020.
The 38-year-old father of two claims America is ready for a new generation of leadership and has touted his millennialness, as well as his status as a political newcomer, as a positive aspect of his candidacy.