Ramaswamy also took aim at the Republican Party broadly and its chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel, saying there’s a “cancer in the Republican establishment.”
“We’ve become a party of losers,” he said. “I mean, since Ronna McDaniel took over as chairwoman of the RNC in 2017, we have lost 2018, 2020, 2022.”
Ramaswamy pointed to the major losses Republicans suffered in Tuesday’s elections — including a Democratic governor winning reelection in ruby-red Kentucky and Democrats winning control of both chambers of the Virginia legislature in a blow to Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin (and to the buzz around his presidential ambitions).
“We got trounced last night in 2023,” Ramaswamy said. “And I think that we have to have accountability in our party.”
correction
A previous version of this article misquoted GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley in one instance. In speaking of her high heels, she said, “They’re not for a fashion statement,” rather than, “I wear heels not for a fashion statement.” The article has been corrected.
