Vivek's Fake Outrage
Vivek Ramaswamy thinks it's shocking when Democratic politicians declare loyalty to foreign countries; oddly silent when Republican politicians do it
Vivek Ramaswamy is running for governor in Ohio, and recently tweeted about how “shocking” it is that a Democratic Party representative declared that she’s a Guatemalan before she’s an American.
I’m inclined to agree that American lawmakers should not have allegiances to foreign countries over the United States, but I don’t believe that Vivek actually believes that.
In a recent interview with Tucker Carlson, Republican Senator Ted Cruz openly stated, “I came into Congress 13 years ago, with the stated intention of being the leading defender of Israel in the United States Senate.” This is an American politician and lawmaker explicitly declaring his allegiance to a foreign government. Ramaswamy’s last tweet mentioning Israel came in May 2024, and his last tweet mentioning Ted Cruz came in January 2021. If Ramaswamy actually believed that American politicians should not have allegiance to foreign governments, then Cruz’s statement strikes me as far more offensive than Ramirez’s which could simply be her referring to her cultural ties.
Vivek Ramaswamy doesn’t care if American politicians have allegiances to foreign governments, or, at least, doesn’t care enough to apply the standard equally. He cares about it in so much as it makes him and his political allies look good to voters and makes his political opponents, direct or indirect, look bad to voters, but that doesn’t sound as good for a tweet.