‘VP’ chants greet Vivek Ramaswamy as he endorses Donald Trump for presidential post

Indian-American multimillionaire Vivek Ramaswamy, though out of the US presidential race, was greeted by chants of ‘VP, VP’ (Vice President) on Wednesday ahead of the next primary in New Hampshire.

Ramaswamy, who faced defeat in the Iowa caucuses, was termed a ‘friend and a true leader’ by Trump, while the former called on his supporters to back Trump in the presidential race. “There is not a better choice left in this race than this man right here. And that is why I am asking you to do the right thing as New Hampshire and to vote for Donald J. Trump as your next president,” Ramaswamy said.

Trump, on the other hand, said, “He (Ramaswamy) is a fantastic guy, and he really got something that is very special. He is going to be working with us, and he will be working with us for a long time.”

BREAKING: Trump crowd chants “VP VP VP” after Vivek gets done speaking. Trump says “he’s going to be working with us for a long time” pic.twitter.com/NV8P6hKrET

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Meanwhile, in an interview with Fox News, 38-year-old Ramaswamy urged two of the three remaining Republican hopefuls Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis to drop out and “do this country and this party a service” by endorsing former President Donald Trump in his bid to reclaim the White House.

He went on to assert that it “would be healthy for this country” if the two competitors stepped down and endorsed the frontrunner after just one primary. “[GOP voters] sent a positive message to all of us that Donald Trump needs to be the nominee of this party, and I think Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley would actually at this point do this country and this party a service by stepping aside,” the former candidate was quoted as saying by FoxNews.com on Wednesday.

Trump, who is the current Republican frontrunner, won 51 per cent of the votes cast in Monday’s Iowa caucuses. While Florida governor Ron DeSantis came a distant second with 21 per cent, former South Carolina governor Nikky Haley received 19 per cent of the votes.

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