Hirsh Vardhan Singh, an aerospace engineer, has joined former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy as the third Indian-American seeking the Republican candidature for the 2024 US presidency election.
Mr. Singh, 38, claimed in a video statement shared on Twitter that he has been a “America First” conservative and “lifelong Republican” who has sought to revive the New Jersey Republican Party’s conservative flank.
“We require strong leadership to undo the changes that have taken place over the last few years and reinstate American ideals. Hirsh Vardhan Singh stated in a 3-minute video on Friday, “I have decided to seek the Republican Party’s candidature for the 2024 presidential election for the office of the United States.
According to a Friday article in The Hill newspaper, he formally filed his candidature with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday.
Prior to Mr. Singh, rich businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, 37, and former governor of South Carolina Nikki Haley, 51, declared their candidature for the Republican Party’s nomination for the presidency earlier this year.
They will compete against former US president Donald Trump, who—in spite of the legal issues he is dealing with—is now in the lead for the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential candidature.
Republicans’ national convention, which will officially choose their party’s next presidential nominee, will take place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from July 15–18, 2024.
Because he “never caved in to the COVID vaccinations,” Mr. Singh also referred to himself as the “only pureblood candidate.” He entered the Republican primaries for the offices of New Jersey governor in 2017 and 2021, representative in 2018 and senator in 2020, but failed to get the party’s candidature, according to the article. us presidency us presidency us presidency
He ran as a more conservative candidate than the final nominee, Jack Ciattarelli, in his most recent race for governor, more closely allied with former president Trump. Nevertheless, he finished third in the nomination.
He ran for governor in the most recent election as a more conservative candidate who was more in line with former president Trump than the actual nominee, Jack Ciattarelli, although he finished third for the nomination.
