Vivek Ramaswamy criticizes pockets of 'online right' fixated on heritage in Turning Point address

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• "There is no American who is more American than somebody else… It is binary.
• Either you're an American or you're not." Rather, Ramaswamy said, it was believing in ideals that made someone an American, calling himself the proud son of "legal immigrants." Video ERIKA KIRK SHARES UPDATE AFTER PRIVATE IN-PERSON MEETING WITH CANDACE OWENS "What does it mean to be an American in the year 2026?
• It means we believe in those ideals of 1776," he said.
• "It means we believe in merit, that the best person gets the job regardless of their skin color.""It means we believe in free speech and open debate," he added.
• "Even for those who disagree with us, from Nick Fuentes to Jimmy Kimmel, you get to speak your mind in the open without the government censoring you." Ramaswamy linked far-left and far-right figures to one another, saying there was no room in the conservative movement for progressives who believed in racial quotas, but also for those who rationalize hatred toward groups of people, specifically calling out far-right White nationalist Nick Fuentes for some of his inflammatory remarks. He also urged attendees to not play victims like woke leftists.