Ramaswamy picks as his role model president Thomas Jefferson, who for all of his virtues single-handedly wrecked the national economy with his 1807 trade embargo – one of the worst decisions in presidential history.
I was kind of hoping DeSantis would say, “James K Polk, Napoleon of the stump.”
DeSantis going hard for the “original understanding of the Constitution” and Calvin Coolidge.
I have long dreamed of a presidential candidate answering “Calvin Coolidge” when asked their favorite GOP president. Today Ron DeSantis made my day.
I salute Ron DeSantis for giving the first non-cliche answer to the question, “Which president would you draw inspiration from?” Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with Reagan, Washington or Lincoln. But Calvin Coolidge is a spectacularly underrated, and deeply conservative president.
Haley cites Lincoln, which is not typical for a South Carolinian.
DeSantis going for the Amity Shlaes vote!
Christie says he is writing a book about Ronald Reagan, which will likely outlive his campaign.
DeSantis, more properly, goes against federal government vaccine mandates rather than against the whole and highly successful apparatus of vaccine promotion.
Vivek pledges to repeal the 1986 law that gives vaccine manufacturers immunity in exchange for a system that compensates people injured by vaccines. That law has been an enormous success. Repealing it just to pander to anger at overselling of the Covid vaccines would be terrible policy.