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VR Vivek Ramaswamy Vivek Ramaswamy Vivek Ramaswamy founded the biotech company Roivant Sciences and ran for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

“I got both chambers of the legislature together. I brought leaders together. I'm not elected yet, but I know all these guys. We brought them together and said, let's get the gas tax suspension passed. … My view is Ohio should at least be the second state that has one intact right now. … For me, that's just a style of leadership point: actions speak louder than words. I think a lot of times Republicans will get elected on proclamations. I believe in actually getting the thing done.”

The Charlie Kirk Show · US Politics · September 2026

“I got both chambers of the legislature together. I brought leaders together. I'm not elected yet, but I know all these guys. We brought them together and said, let's get the gas tax suspension passed. … My view is Ohio should at least be the second state that has one intact right now. … For me, that's just a style of leadership point: actions speak louder than words. I think a lot of times Republicans will get elected on proclamations. I believe in actually getting the thing done.” — Vivek Ramaswamy, The Charlie Kirk Show

Context

Ramaswamy, a guest on The Charlie Kirk Show on September 25, 2026, describes how he pushed Ohio legislators to suspend the state gas tax before the election. He says Indiana is the only other state with such a suspension.

Transcript

The Charlie Kirk Show Around 25:35 into the episode
Vivek Ramaswamy

…going to do something then. I looked at the situation and say, you know what? We've got the legislature. We've got both branches. Republicans are in control. It's a Republican governor. There's a chance to make a difference now. Someone just needs to really, in some sense, light the catalyst, okay?

Charlie Kirk

So that's what I did.

Vivek Ramaswamy

I got both chambers of the legislature together. I brought leaders together. I'm not elected yet, but I know all these guys. We brought them together and said, let's get the gas tax suspension passed. It's not rocket science because there's one state that actually does have an active gas tax suspension today. It's our neighboring state of Indiana. And if you drive across the border between Ohio and Indiana, last year gas prices were lower in Ohio. But after Indiana adopted this last year, in April of this year, I should say, it's now 47 cents a gallon lower in Indiana. That's a big deal. So…

Charlie Kirk

Well, how much would that actually result in savings for families? And the diesel thing cannot be overstated. We had a rancher call in from, I think it was from Oregon. And he was basically saying diesel, because it's so expensive, is putting him in a, I don't think he was going out of business…

Vivek Ramaswamy

Farmers, truckers, it's a big deal. So sometimes the gas prices have been higher. They haven't been this high since 2022, but still, it did reach this height under Biden under 22. The diesel price spike, I think, is a double whammy on top of it. And so you asked how much are they going to save?…

Speaker 4

That's a big deal.

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