Disgraced former Trump orbiter Vivek Ramaswamy, who fell from favor with the America First movement and is currently spearheading a failing gubernatorial campaign in Ohio, faced new criticism as a poser and pretender after video circulated of him explaining his faith landed poorly with Christians.
For context, Ramaswamy is a self-described ‘monotheistic Hindu.’ In and of itself is not an issue; after all, most Americans would gladly rally behind a conservative, limited government Hindu before supporting a supposed Catholic like Joe Biden who simply promoted every secular leftist agenda item possible. However, Ramaswamy continues to come across as insincere of his respect for both the traditions of American governance and faith, rankling those who simply have more questions about what Ramaswamy actually believes and how he’d engage with constituents if elected.
“I’ll be very honest,” Ramaswamy begins in the viral clip in response to his view on Christ. “It’s not a hard question at all. So in our faith tradition, Jesus Christ is a son of God. I know that is different than saying he’s the son of God, but that is my view of Jesus Christ.
“Do we worship in churches? Yes, we do. Is that compatible with our faith? Yes, it is one true God in many forms. So that’s different. And I understand that is different. The only way to heaven is through Jesus Christ. I think that that is the path, that is a path to heaven, is the way we look at it. But believe in God is what we say. Belief in the one true God, that’s that’s the way I look at it,” he said.
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For a different person, this exchange might not be as damaging or newsworthy, but it follows a pattern many Americans have recognized as the continued downfall of a former country. Taking the focus off Christianity rubs conservative Christians the wrong way, particularly after the former Trump darling attacked Americans as celebrating mediocrity and needing endless H1B visas for natives of his home nation of India.
“The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation engineers over “native” Americans isn’t because of an innate American IQ deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation). A key part of it comes down to the c-word: culture. Tough questions demand tough answers & if we’re really serious about fixing the problem, we have to confront the TRUTH,” Ramaswamy said in a post in late 2024, which at time of writing was viewed an astounding 127 million times.
“Our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least since the 90s and likely longer). That doesn’t start in college, it starts YOUNG. A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers,” it continued.
“A culture that venerates Cory from “Boy Meets World,” or Zach & Slater over Screech in “Saved by the Bell,” or ‘Stefan’ over Steve Urkel in “Family Matters,” will not produce the best engineers. (Fact: I know *multiple* sets of immigrant parents in the 90s who actively limited how much their kids could watch those TV shows precisely because they promoted mediocrity…and their kids went on to become wildly successful STEM graduates).”
“More movies like Whiplash, fewer reruns of “Friends.” More math tutoring, fewer sleepovers. More weekend science competitions, fewer Saturday morning cartoons. More books, less TV. More creating, less “chillin.” More extracurriculars, less “hanging out at the mall.””
“Most normal American parents look skeptically at “those kinds of parents.” More normal American kids view such “those kinds of kids” with scorn. If you grow up aspiring to normalcy, normalcy is what you will achieve. Now close your eyes & visualize which families you knew in the 90s (or even now) who raise their kids according to one model versus the other. Be brutally honest.”
““Normalcy” doesn’t cut it in a hyper-competitive global market for technical talent. And if we pretend like it does, we’ll have our asses handed to us by China. This can be our Sputnik moment. We’ve awaken from slumber before & we can do it again. Trump’s election hopefully marks the beginning of a new golden era in America, but only if our culture fully wakes up. A culture that once again prioritizes achievement over normalcy; excellence over mediocrity; nerdiness over conformity; hard work over laziness.”
“That’s the work we have cut out for us, rather than wallowing in victimhood & just wishing (or legislating) alternative hiring practices into existence. I’m confident we can do it,” he finished.