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Vivek Ramaswamy thinks Donald Trump could win if the election were tomorrow

The former GOP presidential candidate worries about the “unexpected” that could pop up before Election Day.

Shia Kapos

We’re chatting with lawmakers, former elected officials and political operatives every day between now and Nov. 5 to get a better sense of where people’s heads are at — and what their candidate needs to be doing better.

Today we talked to Vivek Ramaswamy, the millennial biotech entrepreneur who energized the Republican primary season with his run for president. He ultimately dropped out and endorsed Donald Trump.

Here’s our chat, edited for length and clarity: 

What are you most worried about?

I'm worried about something highly unanticipated happening in the next less than three weeks. I think that if the election were held tomorrow, I believe Donald Trump would win decisively. I think we come out with majorities in the Senate and House. But the election won’t be held tomorrow, so my biggest worry is that a lot of unexpected things or unanticipated things or even one large unanticipated thing could happen between now and Nov. 5th.

What is the Harris campaign doing well?

I think their roll-out for her was masterful. And I think her campaign is doing a good job of confounding and obfuscating the distinction between her and Trump's policy initiatives.

One example of that was even in the Fox Bret Baier interview when she was asked about repeated video clips about transgender care for illegal aliens in the country and gender conversion for illegal aliens who are detained. And when she was asked about that, her core response was to try to portray that as a Trump policy. And she used the expression of saying that it's like "throwing stones when you’re living in a glass house." I think that sounds laughable that that would be Donald Trump's house. That is not Donald Trump's house, that is her house that she created. But most voters are not as dialed in to understanding exactly what policy positions each candidate has or hasn't advocated for as people like you and I who are doing this professionally.

What should the Trump campaign be doing?

It goes to the last question. I think that the tug of war between now and Election Day is bringing clarity to those policy contrasts. It's not that I think the country right now is in love with what Harris and Biden did over the last four years. It's that if the country is more confused about the differences, whether those are differences from Donald Trump or not, that helps Harris. And because that helps Harris, the thing that I think the Trump campaign needs to be doing is reminding voters exactly of what Kamala Harris' positions have been at least in the last four years versus what Donald Trump's positions are as the president.