Vivek Ramaswamy, a high-profile businessman and former 2024 Republican presidential primary candidate, told reporters in a brief gaggle on Tuesday morning that he plans on striking themes of unity during his remarks he’s set to give on Tuesday night at the convention’s main session.
Ramaswamy said his focus on national unity might come as a surprise to some viewers and listeners.
“It may not be the message that everyone expects to hear from me, but I do think that this message of national unity is important,” he said.
He added that he strives for an “authentic” version of unity.
“I don’t want to fake national unity — not some astroturf, artificial kind — but the real thing. Authentic national unity, not one that pretends that we agree on everything, because we don’t. But that we are the country where we can still disagree like hell and still have dinner at the end of it.”
Vivek Ramaswamy speaks to reporters in the spin room before a presidential debate between President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump in Atlanta, June 27, 2024.
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-ABC News’ Steven Portnoy