Conservative entrepreneur and ‘anti-woke’ crusader visits New Hampshire for 2024 ‘Listening Tour’

Vivek Ramaswamy, a healthcare and tech entrepreneur, conservative commentator and author-turned-crusader in the culture wars, says he’s on a “listening tour” and “considering possibilities” that might include running for could include the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

“I am interested in spreading my message. I’ve done that through books, through the media, and through a lot of my travels over the past two to three years,” Ramaswamy told Fox News during a visit to New Hampshire on Wednesday. the state that holds the first primary in the Republican presidential nominee calendar.

Ramaswamy said his book tours have taken him to 26 states over the past two years as he “shared my faith.”

“I firmly believe that part of restoring free speech is not just talking about free speech. It’s about actually spreading our ideas and listening to what people have to say in return,” Ramaswamy said. “I’ll do it. I collect this feedback and use it to inform how I can have the greatest impact I can have.”

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Conservative author, commentator and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy stops by the offices of Americans for Prosperity in Manchester February 8, 2023 during a trip to New Hampshire. (Fox News)

“The fact of the matter is that there probably haven’t been any of these speeches that I’ve made to a large grassroots audience where several people haven’t been urging me to consider running for president,” Ramaswamy said.

He added when “Hundreds of people you don’t know tell you [to] doing something like that is a hard idea to shake off.”

Ramaswamy, author of Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam,” began his day in Manchester, New Hampshire, speaking at a right-of-center meeting where invited guests spoke with top Conservative officials, officials, leaders and activists at Granite State. He is scheduled to end his day by headlining an event at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics entitled “Beyond the Soundbites – Putting Woke, Inc. to Bed.”

When asked about his potential political ambitions, Ramaswamy said: “It is important to me to answer the question of what it means to be an American in 2023. I am 37 years old. If you ask people my age and younger what it means to be an American today, you get a blank stare.”

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“I have an idea of ​​what the answer to that question should be,” Ramaswamy said. “It is important to me to advance this vision and right now I am going through a deep process of reflection on how I can most impactfully answer this question for the better of our culture. Is that through the private sector, is that through thought leadership, is it through something more? I’m seriously open to any possibility.