Vivek Ramaswamy visits New Haven for keynote address at Buckley Institute [Video]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy visited New Haven on Friday evening to deliver a keynote address at the conservative Buckley Institute.

Ramaswamy, 39, is a biotech entrepreneur and graduate of Yale Law School. He established himself in the conservative media world as a crusader against corporate diversity, equity and inclusion measures and became known to the broader public as candidate for the Republican nomination for president — presenting himself as the next generation of Trump-era conservatism.

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He dropped out of the race after a fourth place finish in the Iowa caucuses and became a key surrogate for the Trump campaign.

Ramaswamy’s keynote address focused on the direction of the conservative movement now that Republicans have secured control of the White House, the U.S. Senate and possibly the U.S. House of Representatives.

Ramaswamy described a “foundational fork in the road” for the conservative movement between …