President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk on Monday individually endorsed entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio’s gubernatorial race.
Ramaswamy, who ran towards Trump within the 2024 GOP presidential major, introduced his candidacy earlier on Monday to exchange term-limited Republican Gov. Mike DeWine within the 2026 election.
Trump introduced his endorsement in a publish to his social media platform Reality Social.
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Vivek Ramaswamy speaks earlier than President Donald Trump takes the stage on the marketing campaign rally at Madison Sq. Backyard on October 27, 2024, in New York Metropolis. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Pictures)
“VIVEK RAMASWAMY is working for Governor of the Nice State of Ohio. I do know him properly, competed towards him, and he’s one thing SPECIAL,” Trump wrote.Â
“He’s Younger, Robust, and Good! Vivek can be an excellent particular person, who really loves our Nation,” he continued. “He will likely be a GREAT Governor of Ohio, won’t ever allow you to down, and has my COMPLETE AND TOTAL ENDORSEMENT!”
Musk, a senior advisor to Trump, additionally supplied Ramaswamy his endorsement a short while later.
President Donald Trump indicators government orders within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2025. (Getty Pictures)
“Good luck, you might have my full endorsement!” Musk responded to Ramaswamy in a publish on X.
Ramaswamy formally declared his candidacy throughout a rally on Monday in his hometown of Cincinnati.
“I’ll lead Ohio to develop into the state of excellence in America,” Ramaswamy advised the group.
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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. (Getty Pictures)
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“Assume that sounds unrealistic? It’s not,” he mentioned. “The truth is, it wasn’t way back that Ohio was that state. In the present day, younger individuals on the web make enjoyable of one thing by saying ‘that’s so Ohio.’ However lower than a century in the past, individuals weren’t making enjoyable of Ohio, they have been aspiring to be Ohio.”
Ramaswamy, 39, dropped out of the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination to endorse Trump and develop into a surrogate for the present president.
