IN-DEPTH: Why Vivek Ramaswamy Needs New Hampshire

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks to the press outside the Wilkie D. Ferguson Jr. United States Courthouse in Miami, Fla., on June 13, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Vivek Ramaswamy speaks forcefully and specifically about what he believes he can do. Yet, even coming from a prophet of optimism, one Vivek-y pledge at a libertarian event in northern New Hampshire stands out.

“If I win the New Hampshire Republican primary, I will be your next president,” the 2024 hopeful told a liberty-minded audience at the Porcupine Freedom Festival, or PorcFest, on June 24.