Ramaswamy condemns GOP intolerance at Turning Point USA conference

Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy used a speech at AmericaFest in Phoenix on Dec. 20 to condemn rising intolerance within the Republican Party, including ethnic attacks aimed at Indian Americans and Second Lady Usha Vance. In his speech, the 40-year-old Cincinnati-born son of immigrants from Kerala rejected attempts to define American identity by lineage or genetics, describing the idea of a “heritage American” as a growing strain within parts of the online right. “There is no American who is more American than somebody else,” Ramaswamy said.