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Ramaswamy slams MAGA activist’s racist attacks on Usha Vance
He said that leaders who cannot clearly reject such rhetoric should not hold positions of influence within conservative politics.
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Malvika Choudhary - Sat, 20, Dec 2025
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Vivek Ramaswamy/ Usha Vance / X (@RichardHanania)/ Wikipedia
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy condemned far-right nationalist commentator Nick Fuentes for making racist attacks against Usha Vance stating that such remarks have no place within the conservative movement.
In a campaign speech, Ramaswamy directly addressed racist abuse aimed at the Second Lady, saying, “If you call Usha Vance, the second lady of the United States of America, a ‘jeet,’ you have no place in the future of the conservative movement.”
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Ramaswamy explicitly rejected extremist and racist views within conservative politics. Referring to Fuentes, he said individuals who praise figures such as Adolf Hitler or Joseph Stalin, or engage in racial slurs, should be excluded from leadership and influence within the movement.
Vivek: "If you call Usha Vance, the second lady of the United States of America, a 'jeet,' you have no place in the future of the conservative movement."
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) December 20, 2025
It's amazing how this is way clearer than anything Vance has ever said to defend his wife. pic.twitter.com/4sAf04yxVp
“If you can’t say those things without stuttering, then you have no place as a leader at any level in the conservative movement either,” Ramaswamy said.
The remarks resurfaced after political commentator Richard Hanania shared a clip of Ramaswamy’s speech and contrasted it with what he described as Vice President JD Vance’s limited public defense of his wife.
In a post on X, Hanania quoted Ramaswamy’s remarks and said the statement was clearer than anything JD Vance had said publicly in response to the racist abuse.
Hanania also criticised JD Vance’s broader political positioning, writing that Vance had embraced what he described as “white grievance politics,” which, in his view, complicated public expectations that the vice president would more forcefully address racist attacks directed at his Indian American wife.
The clip triggered a wave of online reactions, including criticism from some conservative commentators who questioned JD Vance’s silence on the abuse aimed at Usha Vance.
One widely shared comment read, “I don’t hate Vance as much as some of you seem to but it is a little sus that he has barely spoken up about the incessant racist attacks on his wife. Suggests a degree of cynicism that I’m not sure I’m comfortable with.”
Other commenters praised Ramaswamy’s stance and contrasted it with JD Vance’s handling of the issue. “It’s just awesome the way Vivek has changed his political gear recently. You face the bullies and racists, you don't bow to them like JD! He wasn't even able to stand for his wife Usha,” one comment said.
Others defended JD Vance’s position while cautioning against internal party fractures. “Vance is obviously uncomfortable with it, but he’s in an uncomfortable position that represents a lot of conservatives. You can’t alienate the open & unironic racists. We can no longer afford what happened in the 1968 election,” one post said.
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