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Vivek Ramaswamy sat down this week for a freewheeling conversation with Mark Cuban, the liberal billionaire who’s been defending DEI on X over the past year. Cuban remained steadfast in his belief that DEI merely expands the pool of applicants and does not involve a race-based lowering of meritocratic standards. He also insisted that “wokeness” is not a major issue in the US.
We’re the country where you can disagree like hell & still get together at the dinner table at the end of it. Mark Cuban & I roast each other from time to time, but we share a love of capitalism & free speech. It’s good to hear the other side sometimes. Talk again soon, @mcuban.… pic.twitter.com/75lOZ2SiVO
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) August 7, 2024
Cuban said he had been a Trump supporter in 2015, but changed his mind upon learning more about his alleged lack of scruples. The two sparred over RussiaGate and Hunter Biden, attempting to persuade the other to join their own political side. “I think I may have gotten him to vote for Kamala Harris”, Cuban teased on X. Spoiler alert: he didn’t.
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