Ramaswamy has faced significant blowback from a post he wrote about the virtues of hiring high-skilled immigrants over Americans.
Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley slammed her onetime GOP presidential primary opponent Vivek Ramaswamy on Thursday for arguing American culture is to blame for a lack of U.S.-born
Ramaswamy, who is a first-generation Indian-American, was accused in 2023 of attempting to use a racist dogwhistle by criticizing Haley using her maiden name, Nimarata Nikki Randhawa, and suggesting she was being untruthful about her own Indian family background.
A rift has opened up in President-elect Trump's inner circle of supporters after over comments made by two of his incoming advisers, Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, about H-1B temporary worker visas. Musk and Ramaswamy indicated their support for them,
Texas Democratic Representative Jasmine Crockett has claimed President-elect Donald Trump 's MAGA base "got played" by business tycoons Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, amid an ongoing social media row about the H-1B skilled migrant worker program.
Republicans warn the business leaders' lack of government experience could lead to clashes over spending decisions.
Indian Americans are the most represented minority in the Trump administration, reflecting a faction of the community's shifting alignment with Trump's values on economic and social issues.
CNN’s Shermichael Singleton criticized Department of Government Efficiency co-heads Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on Thursday evening, urging them to
Tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy slammed the stopgap spending deal, urging Congressional members to vote against the massive bill if they are “serious about government efficiency.”
Ramaswamy criticized American culture for celebrating a sitcom character and not valuing studying and hard work, but that character scored a 1502 on the SATs.
The duo will need to garner support from hundreds of members of Congress for any of their suggested spending cuts as co-chairs of the non-governmental Department of Government Efficiency, to become law.