[Reno89519]

Vivek Ramaswamy won't pass muster if people even give him more than a passing glance:

1. Soros protege. See https://www.pdsoros.org/news-events/2020-03-18-paul-daisy-soros-fellow-vivek-ramaswamy-s-roivant-sciences-develops-clincical-stage-antibody-to-prevent-and-treat-acute-respiratory-distress-syndrome-ards-in-patients-with-covid-19
2. Anchor baby of two Indian nationals, thus not a Natural Born Citizen. See https://www.pdsoros.org/news-events/2020-03-18-paul-daisy-soros-fellow-vivek-ramaswamy-s-roivant-sciences-develops-clincical-stage-antibody-to-prevent-and-treat-acute-respiratory-distress-syndrome-ards-in-patients-with-covid-19
3. Supports same-sex marriage, and same-sex couples' right to adopt. See https://glaad.org/gap/vivek-ramaswamy/
4. Proposes raising voting age to 25, except for people who served in the military. Priceless since he did not serve in the military and he set the age below his own so that this would not affect him. See https://www.kcrg.com/2023/05/12/ramaswamy-proposes-raising-voting-age-25-unless-people-serve-military-or-pass-test/
5. Supports H1B and accelerated citizenship of cheap H1B workers. How many Indian H1B does Vivek employ vs. US citizens? See https://twitter.com/ShadesOfBlueAn1/status/1628941224387448832
6. support for LGBTQ+ and transexuals in the military. See https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/elections/vivek-ramaswamy-says-he-wouldnt-ban-transgender-military-members

I could go on but I lose interest. Vivek Ramaswamy is not a meaningful candidate for president, not even as a vice president.

[JohnBovenmyer]

Your GLADD link currently mentions neither of your listed points, instead mentions several things about him GLADD opposes

His Soros Fellowship was not George Soros’s, but rather endowed by older brother Paul and wife Daisy. Paul's wiki states the fellowship is for talented, accomplished immigrants or children of immigrants who have been associated with organizations dedicated the ideals of the US Bill of Rights. I know little of Paul, perhaps he twists words as well as his notorious younger brother, and wiki is far from a conservative benchmark, but it’s not superficially damning.

He declined the WEF title of "Young Global Leader" and took WEF to court to have his name removed from their listing.

IIRC his parents naturalized before his birth, making him a Natural Born Citizen by all but most stringent of the array of disputed definitions of that term, those that require grandparents have been citizens. Which as Cruz pointed out, could disqualify Trump. I can’t resolve that definitional dispute but would love a Justice Thomas written SCOTUS decision to settle it. Obama proved the Framer’s wisdom in including the term, but legal uncertainty in its precise meaning is counterproductive. Outside the "Natural Born" subset Vivek supports general citizenship for children of legal immigrants, but not for children of illegals, which IIRC does NOT make him a hypocrite on the subject.

Conservatives have often been fooled and burned by alleged converts. Checking backstories is important to avoid that. Yet true conversions are not rare and include many greats, amongst them President Reagan. They are valuable and their conversion experiences may help others covert. We should apply his method, "Trust but verify."