CPAC: Vivek Ramaswamy warns of 3 secular religions, proposes 'national revival' not separation
1. Ramaswamy felt pressured to support BLM; abandoned corporate career to ‘speak freely as a citizen’
Ramaswamy began his speech by recalling how, in 2020, he served as the CEO of a “multibillion-dollar” biotech company that he founded: “In 2020 after George Floyd died, I was expected to make a statement in favor of the Black Lives Matter movement.”
“I chose not to do it,” he said. “I said that our purpose as a company is to make medicines, to make products and services for people who need them. But that was the beginning of a six-month journey that culminated about six months later in three prominent advisers to my company resigning.”
As the journey concluded, Ramaswamy asked himself: “Was I going to speak through the filter of corporate self-interest or was I going to speak freely as a citizen?”
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He rejoiced that “from that moment forward, I chose to speak freely as a citizen.”
Ramaswamy also promoted the work he has done since leaving his old job behind: “I wrote Woke Inc, I wrote Nation of Victims, I traveled the country calling out the woke-industrial complex in America.”
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: [email protected]
