The Ohio Republican Celebration has voted to endorse Vivek Ramaswamy for governor, following President Donald Trump’s endorsement.
At its central committee assembly, the get together voted for Ramaswamy over state Lawyer Normal Dave Yost and introduced the ends in an endorsement social media put up on Friday.
“INTRODUCING: Ohio’s Endorsed Candidate for Governor,” the Ohio GOP wrote within the put up, together with a photograph of Ramaswamy.
INTRODUCING: Ohio’s Endorsed Candidate for Governor.@VivekGRamaswamy | @ohiogop pic.twitter.com/GcEdyCdhAK
— Ohio Republican Celebration (@ohiogop) May 9, 2025
President Trump endorsed Ramaswamy for governor in February.
In a put up to Reality Social on February 24, Trump wrote:
VIVEK RAMASWAMY is working for Governor of the Nice State of Ohio. I do know him properly, competed in opposition to him, and he’s one thing SPECIAL. He’s Younger, Sturdy, and Good! Vivek can be an excellent particular person, who actually loves our Nation. He shall be a GREAT Governor of Ohio, won’t ever allow you to down, and has my COMPLETE AND TOTAL ENDORSEMENT!
Ramaswamy left his position as co-leader of the Division of Authorities Effectivity (DOGE) shortly after Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025, reportedly to pursue his gubernatorial marketing campaign. It got here shortly after he made controversial feedback on X about American tradition and his assist for H-1B visas for international tech employees, which sparked excessive backlash amongst Trump supporters.
He wrote, “The fact is we now have a tradition on this nation that always celebrates mediocrity over excellence… We rejoice the promenade queen and the quarterback and the category clown excess of we rejoice the child who’s within the library or the storage obsessing over math, or science, or pc code.” He claimed this cultural tendency produced a “nationwide scarcity of expertise” in fields like engineering and know-how, and due to this fact argued H-1B visas are wanted to herald expert international employees.
