On Monday, Ohio Republican gubernatorial contender Vivek Ramaswamy expressed concern about what he labelled a growing “socialist wave” in the Democratic Party by alarming New Yorkers of Zohran Mamdani’s win.
“It’s a fork in the road for the future of the country,” Ramaswamy told Fox & Friends. “And it’s not just about one candidate in New York who represents the socialism wing. You look at the rise of Omar Fateh in Minneapolis.”
He took a jibe at the democratic party and stated “You see trends coming up across the country. There is a deep fissure in the Democratic Party.” He urged Americans to save the nation and posited a counter defence of capitalism against Mamdani’s socialist policies.
AN ALTERNATIVE VISION
“It’s a fork in the road for the future of the country,” Ramaswamy told Fox & Friends. And it’s not just about one candidate in New York who represents the socialism wing. You look at the rise of Omar Fateh in Minneapolis.”
“You see trends coming up across the country. There is a deep fissure in the Democratic Party.” His stance of an alternative vision was “to make the case for why free enterprise, capitalism, is the best system known to the history of man, to lift people up from poverty. ” he said.
A WAKE UP CALL
Zamaswamy warned that “a lot of people are going to unfortunately wake up to the effects of socialism” by citing an example of Mamdani’s policies for freezing rent and other solutions will only worsen the housing crisis. “The well-intentioned so-called solutions to a housing crisis are actually going to make that very affordable crisis worse for the people they were supposedly trying to help.” the Republican said.
He has been closely observing the political rise of Democratic primary winner Mamdani. Ramaswamy expressed his concern about the potential for future political conflict, stating, “I don’t want to see that play out over the next 10 years. I think Republicans have an important role to play.”
Ramaswamy is returning to his hometown of Cincinnati Monday to help address public outrage over a brutal downtown street beating that went viral online recently. He is hosting a town hall intended to confront rising concerns over urban violence and to push for stronger public safety leadership.
He revealed that he has spoken to Holly, (the victim) and plans to emphasisd that “we’re not tolerating this kind of violent crime.”
He further elaborated by stating that “This is about a pattern of people feeling fearful of entering their city,” the Republican said “I think we need a change in leadership at the top, including the tone that we set, even from our state, to be able to say we’re not tolerating this kind of violent crime.”
“I don’t think sweeping these issues under the rug is a solution. A lot of people would have preferred me to just continue to move on. I say no, we got to talk about it in the open, because this issue of urban crime is politically incorrect in some circles.”
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