Vivek Ramaswamy, the best man at cable’s Red Wedding

“Anti-woke” businessman Vivek Ramaswamy announced his campaign for president on Tucker Carlson’s show in February. He was scheduled to return on Monday night only to find out Carlson had been fired. Shortly afterwards, Don Lemon announced he had been fired the same day at CNN — in part, according to The New York Times, over an interview with Ramaswamy last week that went off the rails. By the evening, Ramaswamy was being floated in media circles as a potential replacement for Carlson, while Ramaswamy floated Carlson as a potential presidential candidate. And he still went on Fox News in Carlson’s until-now 8 PM slot, with Brian Kilmeade filling in.

All of this is to say, it’s been some time for Ramaswamy, who somehow seems to be at the center of the Category 5 storm that made landfall on the media and political landscape Monday.