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Nalin Haley slams Ramaswamy’s education plan as ‘third-world’
Haley’s critique comes amid a series of contentious statements he has made on immigration and national identity.
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Malvika Choudhary - Thu, 27, Nov 2025
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Nalin Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy / File Photo
Nalin Haley criticized Republican leader Vivek Ramaswamy, calling him a “creep” and denouncing his proposed education reforms as “third-world parenting.”
Haley, son of former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, was reacting to a video in which Ramaswamy suggested year-round schooling to ease childcare costs. “This creep should not be near any child and we absolutely can’t have his third world parenting style imposed on American kids,” he wrote.
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This creep should not be near any child and we absolutely can’t have his third world parenting style imposed on American kids https://t.co/YoncfrMpwl pic.twitter.com/bxpv2oS9FN
— Nalin Haley (@Nalin_Haley) November 26, 2025
In the same post, Haley highlighted a 2022 remark from Ramaswamy suggesting Republicans use a rhyme-based slogan, “wait until 8,” as an alternative framing for Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act.
Ramaswamy’s original comment referred to the political debate triggered by the “Don’t Say Gay” label attached to the legislation. Haley characterised this as “wanting to teach 8 year olds about sex” and criticised proposals that keep students in school through the summer.
Ramaswamy’s education reforms
Ramaswamy, a 2026 Ohio gubernatorial candidate, has proposed a broad overhaul of the state’s public-education system.
His plan includes a year-round academic calendar, extended school hours, restoring the third-grade reading guarantee, expanding phonics-based learning, linking teacher pay to performance, and widening school-choice options. He argues the reforms address declining reading and math proficiency among American students.
His past remarks on the Parental Rights in Education Act focused on the controversy surrounding its branding and the scope of instruction restricted under Florida law, which later expanded to all grades with exceptions for health and reproductive education.
State authorities have since clarified that the law limits formal instruction, not general discussion.
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