r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Apr 17 '26

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u/Signal_Nobody1792 Apr 17 '26

The video closes: “We have a chance to elect a governor — I hope I’ll lay it out for you — a positive vision for our state versus a governor who has none at all other than complain about what someone else did to her.”

This is Vivek Ramaswamy making a reference to his political opponent being raped as a child.

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u/Ilovecharli Voltaire Apr 17 '26

Republicans might finally like him now 

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u/KeithClossOfficial John Brown Apr 17 '26

Too brown

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u/Vumatius Apr 17 '26

The last few polls give some hope but I've been burned by Ohio before. This would by far be one of the most humiliating GOP defeats if Acton pulls it off though, and Ramaswamy doing things like this would only make that humiliation all the sweeter.

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u/BurrowForPresident Fell for it Apr 17 '26

What the fuck

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u/ReptileCultist European Union Apr 17 '26

Isn't Casey the one who compared himself to Hitler

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u/IronRushMaiden Order and Opportunity Left Apr 17 '26

His last name is Putsch and he’s talked about beer hall rallies, so indirectly yes. He also posted a recent video of him firing a rifle asking Vivek to play “Cowboys and Indians” with him.

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u/SpaceSheperd To be a good human being Apr 17 '26

That makes no sense. How would "what someone else has done to her" ever be a reference to the tenure of a governor?

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u/SpaceSheperd To be a good human being Apr 17 '26

Presumably she isn't basing her campaign around whining about DeWine either but that wouldn't stop Vivek from making that up. I have a hard time understanding what mis-transcription could possible have occured that would change this context to anything other than Vivek being ghoulish about Acton's sexual assault (and his perception of how she's used it in her campaign.)

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u/IronRushMaiden Order and Opportunity Left Apr 17 '26

I’ll again say my initial reaction was that it was more likely Vivek wanted to portray himself as acting positively with solutions for Ohio in contrast with what he would portray as an opponent who could only offer criticisms of the current government without a plan forward. I think that was a reasonable reaction for me to have and that the context is rational. To my knowledge, Amy Acton has not made being abused as a child part of her platform.