His past tweets from 2020-2021 reveal it all,
Vivek in 2020 said he wanted universal masking and vaccination of all Americans. He supported Slavitt and Bernie Sanders' plan for free masks to force universal masking.
In January of 2021 He condemned Donald Trump for inciting J6. He also attacked Ted Cruz for objecting to electors on J6.
Ramaswampy is a complete fraud.
Here are screenshots of his worst Twitter posts.
I would directly link the posts themselves but Elon Musk made it so you need a Twitter account to view direct Twitter links.
https://ibb.co/y5t39rd https://ibb.co/PTHvt2H https://ibb.co/kDSM199
To be fair, I don't think they're fake (https://archive.is/wVAdz + https://archive.is/DbyhJ) but, yeah, OP's single-minded hatred of Trump and pushing of DeSantis is quite annoying.
I've been critical of some of OP's claims, specifically his claim to know that Trump will definitely lose, but I find it more annoying that some people here label him as a 'shill' simply because he backs a different candidate than they do and is a bit vocal about it.
This post does not mention DeSantis at all. It should be judged on its merits (not great IMO), without ad hominems on the OP.
I specifically criticized his "single-minded hatred of Trump," not simply his hatred of Trump. It's just like how I criticize Imp more for his presentation, and taking things to the extreme, than I do most individual points. If someone wants to hate and criticize women, or Trump, or whatever...go for it. They're allowed their opinions. But I'll certainly call it out if they go about it in an obnoxious way. And OP certainly does.
I think Mongoose makes a good point, though, in that the reason he's probably attacking Vivek is because he's a potential rival to DeSantis. Just like OP's anti-Trump posts, this is pushing for a particular goal, in a single-minded fashion, which is what I called out.
Yes, I agree, but he has toned it down a bit. Instead of calling DJT an 'orange buffoon', he now makes some good arguments for why nominating DJT is bad. I don't agree, but his arguments are valid ones.
Of course that's the reason. But why on earth would one make a post about the intentions of OP rather than the substance of the matter?
But if you didn't know OP, if I had posted it for example, then it would not have bothered you. So you're not really taking offense at what is being said, but that one particular guy says it.
Debatable. Although, fair, at least it goes slightly beyond Orange Man Bad now. Slightly.
For one thing, that sort of agenda-driven stuff is annoying anyway, and intentions are relevant. Also, I think part of the reason why some people are talking about OP, and not Vivek is...because few if any people here were thinking about voting for Vivek anyway, I'd imagine. I could be wrong, but it seems most people rightly recognized and dismissed him for the snake he was almost instantly.
So the substance of this thread is largely irrelevant, since it is at best a bit of expansion on already known things. So, what's there to really talk about?
Furthermore, my other comments on this thread were all related to the topic; I did OP's job for him and posted archives, and then I also said I wasn't voting for Vivek. Then I responded to one other person who pointed out OP was just attacking DeSantis's rival. That's it.
I never claimed to take offense to what was said. I don't take offense to what was said. And I'm not even objecting to that one guy is saying it, just that it's basically all he says.
Uuhhhhh....no.
What does any of that have to do with whether he's a shill or not? He wised up a bit with his tactics, like any good salesman. This post is pretty good. I do appreciate a well-targeted advertisement. (though he should have linked to archives not only screencaps)
Nobody here calls him a shill simply because he backs a different candidate than they do and is a bit vocal about it.