Conservative author and commentator Ann Coulter recently told former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy that she would not support him as a Republican candidate because “you’re Indian.”
Coulter, 62, made the shocking remarks on Ramaswamy’s podcast, released Wednesday, in which the two talked about nationalism and the foundations of American identity.
“I actually probably agreed with you more than most other candidates when you were running for president, but I still wouldn’t have voted for you because you’re an Indian That’s why,” she said.
Coulter also said he would only vote for a presidential candidate who is a WASP (white Anglo-Saxon Protestant).
“There is a core national identity that is a WASP identity,” she said. Her WASP is formed around the values of this country. ”
“We’ve never had a president who didn’t have at least some British ancestry,” Coulter continued, adding that if any of Ramaswamy’s children were to marry a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). , she added, “I would definitely vote for the president.” Nominate them for president. ”
The 38-year-old biotech mogul uses what Coulter calls a “leftist-like false proxy target” of race to identify people loyal to the United States, rather than examining ideology. he claimed.
Coulter did not respond to inquiries from the Post. said in X Her claim that she did not vote for Ramaswamy because “he is not white” was a “total lie”.
Ramaswamy releases statement on conversation on XAlthough he disagrees with Ms. Coulter’s opinion, he said he respects her, saying, “She has the courage to express her opinion.”
“At first I was shocked and momentarily furious. But what followed was a very interesting and interesting conversation,” Ramaswamy said in a statement to the Post on Thursday.
Coulter previously told fellow Indian-born 2024 presidential candidate Nikki Haley to “go back to your country.”
Haley was born in South Carolina to Indian immigrant parents.
Coulter said on “The Mark Simone Show,” referring to Haley’s decision to remove the Confederate flag from South Carolina’s state capitol, saying, “Looking at her candidacy, I think she needs to immigrate to India. “Then we can demand that India start dismantling this part of its history.” It is located on the grounds of a historically black Charleston church after a racially motivated shooting in 2015.
