Dear Caroline, Since when is ‘outsider’ a synonym for ‘whackjob’. Best, Retiring Guy

 

Headline:  The Hill, 5/29/2023

“In many ways, you get to be an outsider once. I’m the outsider in this race,” Ramaswamy told The Hill in a wide-ranging interview. “I think I'm closer to Trump in 2015 than Trump today is to Trump in 2015.” 

Ramaswamy launched his presidential campaign in February after building in his reputation as the author of “Woke, Inc.” and the founder of biotech firm Roivant Sciences. 

Though he’s the son of Indian immigrants, his campaign has largely eschewed identity politics, instead making cultural issues a focal point by criticizing environmental, social and corporate governance policies, affirmative action and gender-affirming care for minors.

In other words, he doesn't have a single original diet.   He's just another GOP retread.

Again, 'long-shot' is not a synonym for 'whackjob'.  

Washington Post, 5/11/2023

The proposal is this, as captured by Politico’s Natalie Allison: 

“[I]n Iowa this week, he’ll call for increasing the automatic voting age to 25, unless a citizen 18 or older is enrolled in the military, works as a first-responder or passes the same civics test given to immigrants seeking American citizenship.”