Long-shot GOP candidate claims he was offered second-place finish at the CPAC straw poll if he paid hundreds of thousands of dollars

• Vivek Ramaswamy alleged that a consultant offered him the chance to buy his way onto a CPAC straw poll.
• He claimed the consultant said he would rank second if he paid "a few hundred thousand dollars."
• Ramaswamy only received 1% in the unscientific poll, with Donald Trump winning by a large margin.

Vivek Ramaswamy, a biotech millionaire turned longshot candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, claimed on Monday that he was offered the chance of a second-place finish at a Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) straw poll.

The only catch: he'd have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars.