‘Fundamental ideological divide’ with Haley, says prez candidate Ramaswamy

Indian-American biotech presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has said he has a “fundamental ideological divide” with his Republican rival Nikki Haley, who represents an older generation in the party.

Both Haley and Ramaswamy have publicly clashed in the last two of the three Republican primaries.

I think there is a fundamental ideological divide. She represents an older generation of Republicans, 38-year-old Ramaswamy told Fox News in an interview on Monday about the 51-year-old former governor of South Carolina.

She talks a lot about how we need a new generation of leadership. I agree with her. It’s just that she’s on the wrong side of the generation gap, taking us back to the Dick Cheney era, senseless wars that wasted $7 trillion of national debt we built up, thousands of American sons and daughters sacrificing lives, people of my age, Ramaswamy said.

That’s a mistake. I think everyone who has made money from those wars, people who have been part of the establishment, joined military contractors and made money from their time in government, I don’t care if that’s the Biden corruption family or that it’s a Republican version of that. , that’s what I see in Nikki Haley. It’s wrong, he said.

So I’m calling that out. The establishment doesn’t really appreciate that. But I think we deserve someone who is not just a puppet of the special interests, but someone who is independent and comes from outside…, he said in response to a question.

The two Indian Americans have qualified for the Republican Party’s fourth primary debate, which was boycotted by former President and front-runner Donald Trump.

I will be there, and I will be as uninhibited as I was during the last debate. That’s what our base is hungry for. They want the truth. They don’t want professional politicians with talking points. So yes, I am qualified. I’ll be there. And I don’t think we’re going to disappoint people by hiding behind some shell. I’m going to be pretty open. And that is what people are hungry for, Ramaswamy said in response to another question.

Describing himself as the best person to lead the country, Ramaswamy said: I am a CEO. I come from outside this broken world of politics. Forget the slogans. Prices are going up. Interest rates and mortgages are going up, but wages have remained the same. That’s why people are upset and feel the pain.

How do we do this? Increase the supply of everything. Increase the energy supply. Deregulate the industry so we can drill and frack. Increase the housing supply. Forget land use restrictions. That brings down the costs of housing. That makes the economy grow. Increase the labor supply. Stop paying people more money to stay home instead of going to work, he said.

When I was CEO, I can tell you that zero-based budgeting is the way to go. Don’t use last year’s budget as a basis, that broken budget from last year, and then try to adjust it. Start with zero as a starting point and ask what is really needed. No one from either party does it. Not a single state in the country does this. A businessman is needed from outside. I don’t think many Republicans and certainly most Democrats do that (understand the economics). That’s what is needed, a fundamental change…, the Indian-American candidate said.