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December 22, 2025

Trending:US-Venezuela tensionsIndia U-19 vs Pak U-19Epstein filesBangladesh unrestUkraine peace planMrs Deshpande review2025: The Year in ReviewWatch: Vivek Ramaswamy's speech defending Indians that MAGA didn't likeFP News Desk • December 22, 2025, 14:24:41 ISTWhatsapp Facebook TwitterThe Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy sparked a debate among his Maga supporters after he defended Indians and gave his take on American identity while delivering a speech at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona. AdvertisementSubscribe Join Us+ Follow us On GoogleChoose Firstpost on GoogleVivek Ramaswamy has been endorsed by Donald Trump in the Ohio gubernatorial election. File Photo/ReutersThe Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy sparked a debate among his Maga supporters after he defended Indians and gave his take on American identity on Friday, while delivering a speech at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona. In his address, the Indian-origin biotech entrepreneur urged Conservatives to embrace ideals over lineage. He went on to reject what he called the race and identity-obsessed vision of the “woke left” and certain quarters of the “online right” that tend to link it to American identity.

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“I think the idea of a heritage American is about as loony as anything the woke left has actually put up,” he said at Turning Point’s conference in Phoenix, Arizona. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD“There is no American who is more American than somebody else.
… It is binary.
Either you’re an American, or you’re not," he added.
The conservative entrepreneur-turned politician said belief in the ideals of 1776, rather than ancestry, made someone an American, describing himself as the proud son of “legal immigrants.”More from World Can Bangladesh defend Pakistan?
Pak military readies draft for mutual defence deal, says report PM Modi as global strategist: From White House visit to Johannesburg vision, India charts new path“There is no American who is more American than somebody else”Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy called out some on the far right at AMFest, challenging conservatives to embrace American ideals rather than focus on racial identity: “You’re American or you aren’t.” Fox News (@FoxNews) December 20, 2025Ramaswamy explains what it means to be an AmericanIn his speech, Ramaswamy gave his definition of what it means to be an American.

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