Vivek Ramaswamy poked fun at his own Indian-American roots on X ahead of Thanksgiving, responding to a post that teased him for sounding “very American” in his holiday messages. The Republican presidential candidate playfully highlighted his heritage, using terms like “Saar” and spelling “American” as “AmeRdican.”
The post wrote, “The Vivek Ramaswamy American cosplay is coming in hot tomorrow. ‘Happy VERY AMERDICAN Thanksgiving turkey day, Saar’ post is imminent. Maybe we’ll get two. Will be the most Indian thing you see all month.” Ramaswamy replied, “Happy Thanksgiving,” with a wink emoji.
Ramaswamy has frequently faced xenophobic attacks online. Earlier this year, a Halloween photo he shared on X with his two young sons sparked a wave of racist comments from some conservative users, including suggestions that the family should be deported. One person replied, “It’s Reformation Day. Repent and declare Christ Jesus your Lord and Saviour.”
Now let us know further Indian American Vivek Ramaswamy.
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Who is Vivek Ramaswamy?
Ramaswamy was born in 1985 to parents who emigrated from Kerala in the 1970s. His mother practiced as a geriatric psychiatrist, while his father worked as an engineer and patent lawyer at General Electric.
Today, he is a leading Republican candidate in the Ohio governor’s race. His national profile grew after President Donald Trump suggested that Ramaswamy could help lead a proposed department of government efficiency alongside Elon Musk.
A victory in the governor’s race would make Ramaswamy the fourth prominent Indian American elected in Ohio. Republican Niraj Antani first joined the Ohio House in 2014 at just 23, while Democrat and physician Anita Somani remains the only Indian American currently holding elected office in the state.
Nikki Haley’s son slams Ramaswamy
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Meanwhile, Nalin Haley, 24, the son of former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, has taken aim at Ramaswamy, critiquing his “parenting style” and describing it as “third-world.”
“This creep should not be near any child and we absolutely can’t have his third world parenting style imposed on American kids,” Nalin Haley posted on X.
In his X post, Nalin Haley included a screenshot of a 2022 message from Ramaswamy, in which the Republican candidate criticized the naming of a law that banned sex education for children through third grade.
“Republicans should use more rhymes when naming their laws. Instead of ‘don’t say gay,’ they should’ve called it ‘wait until 8.’ As in, wait until kids turn 8 years old before public schools teach them about sex. That would have avoided a national fuss about nothing,” Ramaswamy had written.
Nalin Haley has since labeled Ramaswamy’s remarks as “creepy,” interpreting them as an endorsement of teaching “8-year-olds about sex” and keeping children in school over the summer.
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Conservative Indians, trying to out American one another. barf