It has been on the sidebar for a while - one way I would measure Vivek. HIs wisdom.
Ted Cruz being the question, but also an answer? Ted is not feeling Presidential going into 2024. Coincidentally, his Senate seat is up for reelection. So, what is Ted up to beyond protecting the current power base? Anything?
From the sidebar -
Readers can click that image to read it, draw the impression juxtaposition of the two images within the image capture suggests, read the original from which the screen capture was taken, or follow this websearch = vivek ramaswamy ted cruz
Some further evidence - Politico:
Trump crowns Ramaswamy the debate’s winner — for praising him
“Thank you Vivek!”
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Former President Donald Trump crowned tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy the winner of the Republican presidential debate Wednesday night — for singing his praises.
“President Trump, I believe, was the best president of the 21st century,” Ramaswamy said in a clip from the debate Trump posted on Truth Social.
Trump, who opted out of the debate and instead had an interview with commentator Tucker Carlson air on social media, said it was a good move by the 38-year-old political newcomer.
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“This answer gave Vivek Ramaswamy a big WIN in the debate because of a thing called TRUTH. Thank you Vivek!”
Also, this:
with that item beginning:
WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz took the GOP presidential candidates to task Friday for failing to promise a pardon for Donald Trump — adding that he expects the former president to be a convicted felon by Election Day.
“The answer should have been absolutely, I will pardon Donald Trump on Jan. 20, 2025,” Cruz said on his “Verdict with Ted Cruz” podcast, offering his assessment of Wednesday night’s debate.”This is blatant election interference.”
Biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy challenged the other seven contenders on stage to “join me in making a commitment that on day one, you would pardon Donald Trump.”
None volunteered.
Cruz called it “a strategic mistake by every other candidate on that stage not to respond, ‘Hell yes.’”
Six of the eight candidates did say they would support Trump as the nominee even if he’s been convicted of a felony.
There’s “a very real chance” of that, Cruz said.
Trump, Cruz, and Vivek all on the same page. Possible conclusions - tacit collusion -or- conscious parallelism -or- blind chance. Or of course, a simple healthy normal mutual three-cornored respect could be at play. That about summarizes all possible inferences to draw from presented circumstantial evidence.
A degree of like-mindedness seems undeniable.
Last: On the headline of this post, "repulse." That's subjective. Crabgrass opines. Opinions can differ. The post is not intended as conspiracy theory. It is intended to suggest three individuals who may be linked into parallelism, where the gravitas of one may touch the others. How readers apportion beliefs of positive or negative gravitas for any or all is up to them.
(Look to the blog banner. Birds of a feather, flocking together.)
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Not worth another post, but another conundrum. Politico, on this post, publishes this collage image. What intent might you infer from that editorial decision? None?
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