CPAC: Vivek Ramaswamy warns of 3 secular religions, proposes 'national revival' not separation

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By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Saturday, March 04, 2023

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5. Ramaswamy calls for a ‘national revival’ that will lead to ‘1984-style landslide’

Toward the end of the speech, Ramaswamy posed a question to the audience: “Do we want a national divorce or do we want a national revival?”

He predicted that a national revival is “not going to happen automatically,” insisting that “we’re not going to get national unity with somebody showing up in the proverbial middle saying, ‘Hey can’t we all hold hands, compromise, get along, kumbaya.’”

Ramaswamy detailed his path to achieving national unity, which involves “embracing the extremism, the radicalism of the ideals that set this nation into motion 250 years ago: Merit, free speech, open debate, self-governance over aristocracy.”

“We’re Americans and if we embrace that, that is our formula,” he added.

The presidential candidate suggested that embracing a new approach to politics would lead to a national electoral landslide, and told the largely conservative audience: “Don’t believe it when they tell you it’s about Republicans and Democrats. What really matters in this country is a battle between the managerial class and the everyday citizen, between the great reset and the great uprising.”

“When you divide it up that way instead of Republicans and Democrats, you got it 80/20 in [our] favor,” he insisted, predicting “a 1980-style, 1984-style landslide election in this country if we get it right.”

In the 1980 presidential election, Republican Ronald Reagan defeated incumbent President Jimmy Carter by carrying 44 states and accumulating 489 electoral votes. Four years later, Reagan won 49 of 50 states and 525 out of 538 electoral votes in his re-election bid. In every presidential election since 1992, no candidate has captured more than 400 electoral votes or won more than 32 states, illustrating the strength and persistence of the polarization between Democrats and Republicans.