Republican debate: I believe Vivek Ramaswamy is serious. Can he convince the country?

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At 38 years old, Vivek Ramaswamy became one of the 20 youngest billionaires in the nation, according to Forbes‘s estimation. He did so not primarily through opining on woke corporatism or becoming a fixture on cable news but rather through the meritocratic tedium of biotech investing. His wife is an elite laryngologist in her own right, and the couple has two not-yet-school-aged children.

The oddest thing about riding on Ramaswamy’s tour bus in rural Iowa was realizing that anyone else in his position would be happier doing literally anything else other than running for president.

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