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Ramaswamy: “Could we tolerate a national system in which certain people on the basis of a biomarker are segregated to say you can’t go back to a normal life”

Columbus, Ohio- In unearthed audio reported by NBC4, Vivek Ramaswamy contradicted his own comments on COVID-19 after attacking Dr. Amy Acton on her role as Ohio Department of Health director. 

This discovery follows bombshell reporting from the Associated Press that shone a spotlight on Ramaswamy’s pandemic ghosts, including how he and his company made $2.2 billion from the COVID-19 vaccine and pushed for a national COVID-19 registry that would “segregate” the American people based on their vaccine status. 

In addition to proposing draconian measures to boost his bottom line, the AP investigation revealed Ramaswamy served on Ohio’s COVID-19 response team, advised Jon Husted on pandemic response, then paid a Wikipedia editor to scrub his involvement once it was no longer politically convenient. 

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“Ohioans can’t trust a single word that comes out of billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy’s mouth. Whether it’s an extreme proposal to ‘segregate’ Americans or scrubbing his involvement from his Wikipedia page after the fact, everything Ramaswamy says is a scam that will make more money for himself and leave Ohioans behind,” said Ohio Democratic Party spokeswoman Katie Seewer.

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Columbus, Ohio- In an interview with WEWS’ Morgan Trau, Vivek Ramaswamy threw a temper tantrum and stormed off when asked about his “plan” to fund public education in Ohio that would result in the gutting of public school budgets and massive tax increases. Of course, he refused to answer. Ramaswamy’s crash out comes as his campaign continues to struggle despite millions spent on ads.

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“It’s no surprise Ramaswamy is lashing out as his campaign continues to struggle. Ohioans know he moved his business to Texas while calling workers lazy, said Medicaid and Medicare were “mistakes” and his property tax scam would defund public schools,” said Ohio Democratic Party spokeswoman Katie Seewer.

Ohioans can read more about how Ramaswamy’s scam policies would gut public education and raise costs at ramaswamyscamoflife.com. 

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Columbus, Ohio- In another interview full of the disprovable lies that we’ve come to expect from billionaire scammer Vivek Ramaswamy, he now claims he “loves long drives” around Ohio. 

“Vivek Ramaswamy is desperate to hide his disdain for Ohio after calling workers lazy and claiming Ohio is not the best state. He loves flying 30 miles to avoid driving with Ohioans on the ground,” said Ohio Democratic Party spokeswoman Katie Seewer. “Ramaswamy’s out-of-touch message won’t land with Ohioans who know they can’t believe a word he says.”

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Heartland Signal: Records show Ohio governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy dropped $780K on private jet flights last year

• Campaign expenditure filings for Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy show that the Republican spent more than $780,000 on private jet travel in 2025.

• The former biotech pharmaceutical executive spent $10,721.97 more on private jet travel while campaigning in Ohio — the 34th largest state in the U.S. in square miles — than U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spent on all air travel (public and private) during his Fighting Oligarchy Tour last year, during which he visited 29 cities across the country.

Tribune Chronicle: Ramaswamy proposes Ohio university consolidation

• According to flight records, Ramaswamy flew on his Cessna 750 Citation — owned by his V Leasing LLC — from Columbus the day before the event to the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport and then flew home after the event ended.

• Ramaswamy, a billionaire biotech entrepreneur, flew in and out of the area’s airport six times last year.

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Columbus, Ohio- Earlier this spring, billionaire conman Vivek Ramaswamy told Ohioans gas prices could always be worse. Now, Ohioans are paying an average of $1.71 more per gallon than this time one year ago, or a 56% increase per gallon.

Ramaswamy: Ask yourself what gas prices would be if we had not produced more oil over the course of the last year in this country.

REMINDER: Ramaswamy, who spent $800,000 traveling by private jet last year,says that the higher costs Ohioans are facing are just a “perceived” problem and believes affordability is just a “buzzword.” 

“As Ohioans are paying skyrocketing prices at the gas pump, Vivek Ramaswamy’s message to them is that it could always be worse. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what’s happening for every Ohioan who travels by car and truck, not private jet,” said Ohio Democratic Party Spokeswoman Katie Seewer. “Conman Ramaswamy hopes Ohioans won’t believe their eyes, or their bank accounts, as he pushes policies that would only make their lives more expensive.”

Columbus, Ohio – On Saturday, an analysis by The Plain Dealer found that Vivek Ramaswamy’s dangerous plans to eliminate the state income tax, cancel the capital gains tax, and abolish property taxes would “involve significant hikes to other taxes” and “major cuts to government services.” 

Ramaswamy’s scam proposals would raise costs on working families already struggling to make ends meet and have a “far more dramatic effect on government finances” Republican Governor Mike DeWine called it “absolutely devastating.”  

READ: Vivek Ramaswamy vows bold tax cuts if elected Ohio governor; How would he pay for them?

• So far, the Columbus-area Republican is silent about how he would pay for such moves – which, if implemented, would likely involve significant hikes to other taxes and/or major cuts to government services.

• …Ramaswamy’s campaign platform, if passed, would have a far more dramatic effect on government finances than what Acton has put forward so far, an analysis by cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer found.

• One of the cornerstones of Ramaswamy’s campaign platform is a vow to phase out Ohio’s state income tax completely over an unspecified number of years.

• But the state’s income tax has brought in roughly $10 billion per year over the past five years. That’s about a third of Ohio’s total annual state tax revenue.

• Filling a state budget hole of around $10 billion per year would require substantially raising other state taxes (such as the sales tax or commercial activity tax), making substantial cuts to state government spending (such as Medicaid, education, and other core public services) or some combination of the two.

• Critics of ending Ohio’s income tax have pointed to what happened in Kansas more than a decade ago, when major tax cuts – passed by Republicans amid promises that the economic growth they would create would cover their cost – led to a state budget crisis.

• Ramaswamy… favors effectively eliminating the 20-mill floor, a policy mechanism that often contributes to higher tax bills when property values rise.

• Property taxes, which are levied by school districts and other local governments around Ohio at varying rates, are the main funding source for the state’s K-12 public schools. Some local levies also raise money for roads, parks, libraries and local governments, among other things.

• But the more such taxes are cut, the more schools and municipalities would have to slash budgets and/or raise other local taxes.

• Gov. Mike DeWine has warned that sales tax rates could hit 20% if property taxes are done away with altogether – a move that Ramaswamy initially called for.

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