Ramaswamy's racist comments NOT helping his chances to win GOP presidential nomination

By bellecarter // 2023-09-27

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GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has been sitting on a hot seat due to his racially charged comments. "I think there is a pattern here, but to be honest, I will go one step further and say that this is a cornerstone of his campaign," Brandon Weathersby, presidential communications director for the American Bridge PAC, said of the 38-year-old entrepreneur. "Just because you deliver it with a smile, just because it's a little more palatable, doesn't mean that it's not going to have a lot of the same negative implications for folks or literally feeling like there's a target on your back when you go outside or when you go into certain communities because that rhetoric has been normalized." Ramaswamy, who is Indian American, recently compared Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a Black Democrat representing Massachusetts, to "modern grand wizards" of the Ku Klux Klan. He also opined that the education system is a "modern ghetto system" and argued with former CNN anchor Don Lemon on what it was like to live as a black person in America. "His rhetoric on race only continues to draw criticism, with some experts saying his comments do not speak to black voters at all," the Hill's Cheyanne Daniels pointed out. Tricia McLaughlin, Ramaswamy's campaign senior adviser, told the media outlet that everyone is welcome to dispute her boss' statements but he will still say what he believes. She added that the candidate will not "bow to identity politics a lot of folks want to play these days." Ramaswamy has pushed for a "colorblind equality and meritocracy" and promised to repeal former President Lyndon B. Johnson's Executive Order 11246, which prohibits federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. According to experts, the increase in racialized political rhetoric has been evident since the 2016 elections. "What has changed is how explicit the comments have become in the political world," said Ange-Marie Hancock, executive director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity. (Related: Vivek Ramaswamy is not your typical GOP presidential candidate.)

Ramaswamy takes a swipe at Trump

Observers can see that much of Ramaswamy's campaign narrative has mirrored former President Donald Trump's, who still leads the race for the GOP presidential nomination despite the legal battles he is currently facing. According to reports, Ramaswamy has been rising in the polls. This could be Ramaswamy's motivation on why he recently took a swipe at Trump for failing to revoke former President Barack Obama's "health care overhaul." Ramaswamy said at an event in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio: "My friend Donald Trump promised us: repeal and replace Obamacare. Eight years later, did it happen? No, it did not. It is a false promise if it is contingent on Congress." He hit Trump on Obamacare when asked about tax policy, emphasizing that many presidents made mistakes by focusing on legislative matters first. During the first GOP debate, Ramaswamy vowed to pardon the former president if given the chance. In an interview with ABC's "This Week" earlier this month, he also said he didn't believe Trump had done anything illegal in connection to issues such as the J6 Capitol riot, insurrection and the classified documents found at his Mar-a-Lago home. It was quite a surprise for most Trump supporters that Ramaswamy criticized the former president. He has always been a fierce defender of Trump and even called him as the best president of the 21st century. Visit VoteRepublican.news for stories related to 2024 GOP presidential candidates. Watch the video below where Ramaswamy discusses why he is running. This video is from the Recharge Freedom channel on Brighteon.com.

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Ramaswamy takes a swipe at Trump

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