# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 2)

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**Created:** [February 7, 2022, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018 "2022-02-07T00:52:55Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/8088 "2023-02-22T08:51:16Z")

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A businessman and “anti-woke” author named Vivek Ramaswamy, who happens to be of the Hindu faith and practices vegetarianism and whose parents were born in India, actually believes he has a snowball’s chance in Hell at becoming the presidential nominee of the party of white supremacists, Christian nationalists, and mentally ill conspiracy theorists.

> **[Vivek Ramaswamy announces GOP bid for president in 2024 | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-gop-2024-campaign/index.html)**
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> Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy announced on Tuesday that he's running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

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