Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.
The biotech and healthcare entrepreneur is the author of "Nation of Victims: Identity Politics, the Death of Merit, and the Path Back to Excellence" and "Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America's Social Justice Scam."
"To put America first, we need to rediscover what America is. That's why I am running for president," Ramaswamy wrote in a Wall Street Journal editorial. "I am launching not only a political campaign but a cultural movement to create a new American Dream-one that is not only about money but about the unapologetic pursuit of excellence."
The Republican primary race has just begun.
After a week of speculation, former South Carolina governor and current United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley finally launched her candidacy last week, becoming the first significant opponent to face former President Donald Trump. Last year, Trump announced his third run for the presidency.
Many other Republicans have been acting in ways that could be interpreted as preparation for a presidential run.
After Trump's resounding victory, many conservatives saw Ron DeSantis as their best hope for moving the country in a different direction. Florida's legislative session is underway, so we probably won't hear from DeSantis for a few months. Yet by the end of February, accompanied by a media blitz, his memoir will be released, and his aides are putting together a political infrastructure.
After Mike Pence and Trump had their falling out over the events of Jan. 6, 2021, he began making frequent campaign trips again. He has stated unequivocally that he thinks the GOP will eventually forgive and forget Trump.
Senator Ted Cruz has not completely ruled out running for president again. In 2024, though, he plans to run for reelection. A lot of time can be spent talking about the 2024 presidential campaign, I believe. In February, he announced to a CBS station in Dallas that he was seeking reelection to the Senate.
Also advocated in Ramaswamy's editorial were measures to strengthen border security, do away with affirmative action, and end civil service protections for federal employees.
On Tuesday morning he submitted his campaign paperwork to the Federal Election Commission, and on Thursday he will be making a speech at a Polk County GOP gathering in Iowa.
