RamaSCANDAL: The Ramafesto That Changed the World

RamaSCANDAL: The Ramafesto That Changed The World

January 1

Rule one of politics: don’t call voters stupid and lazy. Incoming Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.) co-chief Vivek Ramaswamy did this week, instantly torching his future presidential aspirations (whether or not you find him credible, he does!). And it only took one ham-fisted post, er, stem-winding Rantifesto on the platform formerly known as Twitter.

Announcing his support for H-1B visas for foreign guest workers, Ramaswamy asserted that top tech companies prefer foreign-born workers over “native” U.S.-born talent because of work ethic. He then declared that the only way to fix this situation was to confront a hard “TRUTH”; he then proceeded to decry the enfeebling effects of 1990s television shows like Boy Meets World and Friends, attack high school jocks and prom queens, and denounce shopping malls. Sound absurd? It very much is. 

Read the Rantifesto here.

The merits of H-1B visas or Ramaswamy’s intentions are immaterial. His argument landed like a kicked hornet's nest. In between clumsy allusions to Steve Urkel and Tiger Moms, Ramaswamy wrote that his countrymen and women are "mediocre" and "lazy," and essentially called American culture dumb.

Ramaswamy would've been better off starting a land war in Asia. Ramawhoopsie? Rama-not-so-swift himself.

The reported focus of D.O.G.E. is eliminating government waste, not calling Americans waste. Ramaswamy's position doesn't require Senate confirmation and he doesn’t have to face voters, but he does have to face President Trump, who places a higher value on votes than probably at least one or two of his children.

One more high-profile public Ramagoof like this H-1B visa Ramascandal and Ramaswamy could find himself Ramaliminated from government. 

Mark it down: Ramaswamy’s ill-fated remark will forever Ramahaunt him politically and ends his viability as a candidate for national office. Republican primary voters, like elephants, have long memories and are suspicious of presidential candidates who are under six-feet tall (ever since Coolidge delivered the Great Depression at 5′10″).

Whether or not Ramaswamy's epic foot-in-mouth episode hampers any run for statewide office in his native Ohio may depend on if he returns for Ramaseconds on this matter. Heck of a Ramahill to politically defend.

Vice President-elect J.D. Vance is smiling. One 2028 rival down, Ben Carson to go.

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