
ALT Screenshot of three X posts by Bill Ackman (@BillAckman), verified, all dated 2/15/23, with the dates highlighted in yellow. First post: 'I am going to make a bold and early call. @VivekGRamaswamy will run for POTUS and win. I think the country is ready for his message. He is young, smart, talented and will attract the center to the right to win. He speaks hard truths which many believe but fear to say.' Second post: 'He is a very talented and successful entrepreneur who understands business, economics, healthcare, politics, history and geopolitics. You won't likely agree with all of his views, but you will respect his candor, acumen, discipline and energy. One to watch.' (47 replies, 55 reposts, 971 likes). Third post: 'And let's remember that the improbable candidate often wins. Think Clinton, Obama, and Trump. Most people laughed at the thought of any of the previous up until months before the election.' (73 replies, 26 reposts, 575 likes).

ALT Screenshot of an X post by Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich), verified, posted 15h ago: 'The scale of the Republican defeat is so great that it makes the race for the GOP presidential nomination wide open. If the administration had won a big victory, Vice President J D Vance would have had an enormous argument to be the inevitable nominee. Now, with this go-slow strategy blowing up in Iran and his defense of Vivek Ramaswamy's horrible, inhumane ad featuring his opponent's mother attacking her own daughter, a good bit of the luster has come off the bloom. The number of people who want to draft Secretary of State Marco Rubio is staggering. In addition, Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, Ron DeSantis, Pete Hegseth, Glenn Youngkin, and a surprising number of people may decide this is their chance to take advantage of the chaos of the shocking defeat and seek to be the champion who can rescue the party and the country.'








































