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Vivek Ramaswamy: “We're done now with the Woke DEI affirmative action agenda.”

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Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy

Published April 5, 2025 | Video Starts at 08:36

That you do get ahead in this country not in the color of your skin, but on the content of your character and your contributions. And that's why We're done now with the Woke DEI affirmative action agenda. It is behind us in the rearview mirror because we believe in merit in the United States of America. What does it mean to be American? (08:36–08:40)

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“In the Biden years, less than 16% of Gen Z said they were proud to be American.”
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“We had a 25% recruitment deficit in our US military.”
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“At the turn of the last century, [Ohio] was the wealthiest state in the Union, the third most populous state in America.”
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“Even in the 1950s, six of the top 15 wealthiest cities in America were right here in Ohio.”
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“We have 60%, 6 0% of North America's population within a single day's drive of where we're having dinner right now.”
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“75% of 8th graders are not proficient in math.”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 23:40-23:46
“Kids in China on average are a full four years ahead of the average student here [in the U.S.].”
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“There's a new enthusiasm in the country we didn't have a few years ago.”
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“I want to be saying let's make America greater than we ever have been.”
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“I'm worried that [the] American dream isn't going to be available to our kids and their generation unless we all actually step up and do…”
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“We will do whatever is required to secure our poorest southern border.”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 09:01-09:06
“Look at the shutdown of the Department of Education. It was a good thing, by the way.”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 10:48-10:53
“By the time I'm done as your next governor, Texas and Florida will be taking their playbook from what we do here in the state of Ohio.”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 11:28-11:37
“I want to lead Ohio to be the state of excellence in America.”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 13:44-13:49
“I do believe we're in the middle of a second industrial revolution right now.”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 16:40-16:44
“If it was Silicon Valley that led the way in the last 10 years, I want to make sure it is the Ohio River Valley for the next 10 years.”
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“We are a conservative state and we deserve to finally be governed like one.”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 17:53-18:01
“Are we a declining state in our population right now? Yes, we are. We have more people leaving than moving in.”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 19:00-19:06
“By the time I'm done as your governor, it's going to be 15 plus million people and growing in this state.”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 19:13-19:20
“We ought to finally join the most competitive states in the country by making Ohio a zero income tax state.”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 19:43-19:51
“We will put a statewide ceiling on property taxes.”
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“We're going to unleash energy dominance in our state right now.”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 20:34-20:38
“We have an AI data center boom in the state of Ohio.”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 20:46-20:49
“We have a shortage of baseload power generation because of the political war on natural gas and coal.”
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“Bring the natural gas permitting timeline down from 36 months to 6 months.”
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“The power plant permitting timeline from 36 months or 6 years in that case to 6 months.”
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“Excellence will be our destiny [in Ohio].”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 23:09-23:20
“Every parent has the God given right to determine the education of their children.”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 24:57-25:03
“Make sure we have at least one [police officer] in every school in the state.”
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“Never again will we bend the knee to an Anthony Fauci knockoff who allowed our public schools to be closed.”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 26:16-26:23
“Revive civic education. Replace the woke indoctrination and victimhood psychology with actual US Civics lessons.”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 27:18-27:37
“Get the cell phones out of the classroom.”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 27:43-27:45
“Bring back the presidential fitness test.”
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“We have a crisis of purpose in our next generation. The fentanyl suicide, depression rates, anxiety rates, drug usage rates all up across…”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 28:26-28:39
“Every high school senior on my watch will be required to pass the same civics test that every legal immigrant is required to pass before…”
Ohio Gubernatorial Campaign Speech by Vivek Ramaswamy | Uploaded April 5, 2025 | 30:19-30:31
“I want our state to have the top universities in the country for every young man and young woman who wants to become an entrepreneur or a…”
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“I also want our state to be the place where every son and daughter who wants to go on and become a welder or a mechanic or an electrician or…”
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“Earn while you learn programs as early as high school.”
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“A lot of regulations get in the way [of young people participating in earn while you learn programs]. That's going to change on my watch.”
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“A world class education is your birthright [in Ohio].”
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“Freedom is your heritage in Ohio.”
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“You are free to speak your mind at every step of the way [in Ohio].”
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“I'm visiting all 88 counties this year.”
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“We're going to visit all 88 counties every one of the eight years that I serve as your governor.”
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“We don't have to be a state in decline.”
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“I believe Ohio's best days are still ahead of us.”
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“You get ahead in the state of Ohio with your own hard work, your own commitment, your own dedication.”
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