'Because You're An Indian': US Author Tells Vivek Ramaswamy Why She Wouldn't Have Voted For Him

Indian-American Republican leader Vivek Ramaswamy, who ended his campaign for the US presidential election in January this year, was told by a right-wing commentator that she wouldn’t have voted for him because he is an ‘Indian’.

Speaking on Ramaswamy’s “Truth” podcast, American author Ann Coulter said she agreed with the millionaire entrepreneur’s views more than most other candidates, but still, she would not have voted for him because of his Indian heritage.

Ramaswamy, whose parents emigrated from India, listened to Coulter’s racist  remarks politely, and later praised her for “having the guts to speak her mind.”

“Ann Coulter told me flat-out to my face that she couldn’t vote for me ‘because you’re an Indian,’ even though she agreed with me more than most other candidates. I disagree with her but respect she had the guts to speak her mind. It was a riveting hour. The TRUTH podcast is back,” Ramaswamy said in a post on X.

From the beginning of the podcast, Coulter went on to take swipes at Ramaswamy and said, “Fantastic opening monologue. I too am a fan of yours. I am going to make a point to make it fun. You’re so bright and articulate. I guess I can call you articulate since you’re not an American black – can’t say that about them, it’s derogatory – I agree with many, many things you say probably more than most other candidates. But I still would not have voted for you because you’re an Indian.”

She went on to explain her stance and said, “There is a core national identity that is the identity of the WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant)…And that doesn’t mean we can’t take anyone else in ― a Sri Lankan or a Japanese, or an Indian. But the core around which the nation’s values are formed is the WASP.”

Unruffled by her remarks, Ramaswamy pointed out that they shared opposition to dual citizenship. He further noted that a child of immigrants would have greater loyalty to the country than disgruntled seventh-generation WASPs.

The Ohio native who stood at number four in polls for the Republican presidential nomination, led the 2024 campaign with a record 42 campaign stops in a week — the highest among candidates.

Asserting that he is not a “Plan B person”, Ramaswamy has rejected the idea or speculation of his joining the Trump cabinet in any official capacity if the former President retakes the White House from Joe Biden in 2024.

However, throughout his presidential campaign, the only thing that Ramaswamy did not do was to take on his Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, head-on. Instead, he waxed eloquent about the twice-impeached Trump, facing more than 90 criminal charges, calling him the “greatest President” of the 21st century, pledging to pardon him if elected as the POTUS.