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Vivek Ramaswamy's Vision for Ohio: Reviving the American Dream

Published May 8, 2025 | Video Starts at 11:21

Now we know natural gas is valuable. We had it back then, we didn't know what it could do. We're Ohio is like the equivalent of what the Saudi Arabia, the Middle East of natural gas. Right here in the state of Ohio. We had a great geographic location that's even better now than it was then because today we have 60%. Think about that. (11:21–11:26)

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Asserts that Ohio has abundant natural gas resources comparable to Saudi Arabia's oil.

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“Ohio was the wealthiest state in the Union at the turn of the last century.”
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“In the 1950s, six of the top 15 wealthiest cities in America were right here in Ohio.”
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“We have 60% of North America's population within a single day's drive of where we're sitting right now [in Ohio].”
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“We're paying more on interest payments on our national debt than we are on our entire U.S. military budget.”
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“When the average student in China is doing better in math, reading and writing by four years compared to the average student here.”
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“75% of our own eighth graders are not proficient in math on an age adjusted proficiency level.”
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“Right here in Ohio, same situation, conservative state with a Republican in the governor's office, both chambers of the legislature in…”
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“If we've had the largest influx of illegals into this country in American history, then we ought to have the largest mass deportation in…”
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“Toledo was the glass capital of the world.”
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“Akron was the rubber capital.”
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“Youngstown and Cleveland were the steel production capitals of the Western Hemisphere.”
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“John Glenn, the first American to go into orbit around the Earth, was born, raised, and lived in Ohio.”
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“Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born, raised, and lived in Ohio.”
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“The Wright brothers were born and raised in Ohio.”
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“I'm going to lead Ohio to become a zero income tax state.”
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“We're going to put a ceiling on the property taxes in this state which have gotten insanely high, unjustly high.”
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“We're going to end the capital gains tax, roll back the red tape, government overreach, regulation.”
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“We're going to show how it's done right here in Ohio with work requirements for Medicaid, work requirements for welfare.”
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“We're going to turn it around in the state of Ohio by giving our kids a world class education in those foundational subjects.”
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“Taking our school choice programs already successful to the next level.”
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“Never again in this state are we going to bend the knee to this fake Anthony Fauci knockoff who allowed our public schools to be closed…”
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“The best teachers deserve to be paid a lot more money than the starting salary of $40,000 a year.”
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“Our public schools are run today without performance management.”
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“Integrate PE as early as kindergarten. Bring back the presidential fitness test for every student in this state.”
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“Get the cell phones out of the classroom.”
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“Replace the woke indoctrination and victimhood psychology with actual civics lessons with actual US history lessons.”
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“Every high school senior who graduates from an Ohio public high school on my watch will actually have to pass the same civics test that…”
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“Without occupational licensing requirements with EARN while you learn programs as early as high school.”
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“We have some regulations that are in the way of [earn-while-you-learn programs]. Now we're going to get them out of the way.”
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“This nation was built on the idea of that meritocracy.”
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“We're gonna visit all 88 counties this year.”
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“We're gonna visit all 88 counties next year.”
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“I want to visit all 88 counties every one of the eight years that I hopefully am given the honor to serve as your governor.”
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“I refuse to be a state in decline. I refuse for us to be a nation in decline.”
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