Greenwich Republicans holding joint fundraising party with Vivek Ramaswamy on Saturday night. Levy cheers Trump in New Jersey.
Greenwich Republicans will welcome presidential hopeful Vivek Ramawamy to a joint fundraiser this Saturday night at an undisclosed private home. Greenwich has long been a lucrative stop for Republicans (and now more often Democrats) looking to raise a heft haul of campaign donations.
The Ramaswamy event commands a top ducat price of $6,600. For that hefty chunk of change, a donor gets “Call with Vivek, Photo with Vivek, VIP Roundtable, VIP Parking, Program Recognition, Party & Book,” according to the invitation posted on Twitter. The sliding scale of enticements ends at $250. Contributors at that level are entitled to “Keynote & Book.” That presumably means a chance to listen to Ramaswamy and leave with a copy of his book.
Ramaswamy, who lives in Ohio, flirted with a run for the U.S. Senate from Connecticut against Richard Blumenthal in 2022. He appears to have concluded he has a better chance to become the Republican nominee for president than he does to win one of Connecticut two seats in the Senate.
The 37 year old pharmaceutical entrepreneur is making his mark in the campaign as a devoted acolyte of Donald Trump, one of his opponents in the contest for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
Ramaswamy is an unrepentant defeatist in freedom’s battle with Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. The Ramaswamy plan for Ukraine is to allow Russia to keep what it has taken in exchange for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin agreeing to end his military alliance with China. Ramaswamy would give Putin 72 hours to decide. He would consign millions of Ukrainians to enslavement and genocide under the Russian yoke.
Do not be surprised if Ramaswamy appears in Greenwich carrying an umbrella and wearing a pair of striped pants.
Republican National Committee member from Connecticut Leora Levy may make a courtesy call on the Saturday night event. National committee members often greet presidential candidates when they visit their state. Levy, who was the party’s 2022 U.S. Senate candidate, was in New Jersey Tuesday night. The Greenwich Republican attended Donald Trump’s post-plea party at his “but now I can’t” declassify Bedminster club and summer residence, according to the Washington Post.
Levy may want to drop in on Saturday’s event to amplify Ramaswamy’s threat to pardon Trump if he is convicted by a Miami federal jury. Trump gave Levy a final heave over the finish line with a late endorsement in her Republican Senate primary against party-endorsed candidate Themis Klarides and Peter Lumaj.
Published June 14, 2023.