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Vivek Ramaswamy: “85% of kids who graduate from high school can't answer those…”

Featuring: Vivek Ramaswamy, Libertarian, Conservative | Former Candidate, President of the United States | National

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Discussion on American Identity with Vivek Ramaswamy

Published | Video Starts at 05:41

But we also have to retain and preserve a culture to assimilate into. Yes. And we're not heading in the right direction will if our own kids, 85% of kids who graduate from high school can't answer those same questions that we demand of somebody who's coming from a foreign country here. either. So I want to revive that culture, that is the American culture, but in some ways that we've lost and to those friends who we have healthy dialogue. (05:41–05:49)

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Asserts that 85% of U.S. high school graduates cannot answer basic civics questions required of immigrants.

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