Vivek Ramaswamy was pursuing another potentially high-profile venture before launching his long-shot presidential bid six months ago, ABC News has learned.
remains the heavy frontrunner, Ramaswamy -- despite having lower name recognition than his more seasoned rivals -- has climbed to third place in the polls, according to FiveThirtyEight national averages.
In fact, ABC News has learned that Ramaswamy, 37, was pursuing another potentially high-profile venture before he launched his presidential bid.Prior to that meeting where Ramaswamy pitched his 2024 run, the successful entrepreneur had been heading down a different path -- one that was long in development but fell through prior to him deciding to launch a long-shot White House bid, ABC News has been told.
While it's not immediately clear exactly why the show was dropped, Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing, who is currently on leave from the company while he directs a fantasy series for the company’s streaming service, told ABC News in an interview that after a month's long development process with Ramasamy, the company parted ways with him after it was clear his priorities had shifted.
"It was my deal, that was my project, and in the end, I'm the one who decided to bring [Ramaswamy] in and I'm the one who decided to let him out. And I certainly didn't think that he was too 'politician' or that he would be a bad fit. I thought it'd be a terrific fit," Boreing said. Some have claimed his campaign is a shadow effort to secretly help Trump stave off a challenge from DeSantis and breeze to the party's nomination -- a criticism that has gained traction given Ramaswamy'sOthers say his long-shot bid is simply an effort to elevate his profile by embracing Trump and his supporters.
Another Republican aide who advised Ramaswamy early in his campaign told ABC News that there was frustration among staff early on that the candidate was more concerned about getting his campaign podcast -- titled "The Vivek Show" -- off the ground, rather than strategizing around how to win the party's nomination.
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