Vivek Ramaswamy has charged back into Iowa after his attention-grabbing performance in the first Republican presidential debate
Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at the Polk County Summer Sizzle fundraising event in Clive, Iowa, Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. PELLA, Iowa — — Vivek Ramaswamy has charged back into Iowa, stoking curiosity and skepticism after hiswas met Friday by hundreds of GOP activists in small central cities near Des Moines, with more events planned in the coming days.
Like Bean, several people who came to see Ramaswamy cited his youth, energy and outsider profile — punctuated by his criticism of and by better-known rivals Wednesday in Milwaukee. He drew larger than expected audiences on Friday, first to the Indianola breakfast restaurant and later a lunchtime event at a Pella brew pub.
Ramaswamy’s argument that the U.S. should suspend financial aid to Ukraine was met with sharp rebukes from Pence and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. Haley on Wednesday likened Ramaswamy’s position to siding with Russian President Vladimir Putin and thus “choosing a murderer.” Janice Johnson, a 72-year-old from Indianola, Iowa, said she wanted someone from Ramaswamy's generation to take the nation's reins. But speaking before one of his events, Johnson described Ramaswamy as “sometimes a little too enthusiastic.”
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