Right-wing commentator Ann Coulter joined ex-GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on his podcast TRUTH on Wednesday and declared she would not have voted for him because he’s Indian, even though she claimed to be a ‘fan.’
Coulter defended her stance which she claimed is rooted in the WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant ) tradition on which the country’s national identity and core values are based.
Though she agreed with many of Ramaswamy’s views on the campaign trail added Coulter, “I still would not have voted for you because you’re an Indian.”
Her bigoted remarks did not seem to faze Ramaswamy who introduced Coulter on the podcast as someone with “thoughtful perspectives on the future direction of the country and the conservative movement.”
Ramaswamy, a son of immigrants, dropped out of the presidential race after his campaign failed to get traction and went on to endorse former president Donald Trump.
Ramaswamy countered by arguing he and Coulter were both opposed to dual citizenship. Still, immigrants like him were likely to have more loyalty to the country than resentful seventh-generation WASPs.
However, one commentator on X called Ramaswamy out saying, “Vivek, you made it clear that you want America to be more accessible to Indian immigrants at a time when immigration restriction is a popular issue. Ann is correct to point that you have a vested ethnic interest in facilitating the great replacement.”
On the podcast, Coulter continued with unfettered racist comments about black Americans. She called Ramaswamy “bright and articulate” saying “ I guess I can call you articulate since you’re not an American Black – can’t say that about them, it’s derogatory.”
Her remarks drew the ire of readers on X who called her a ‘bigot’ and ‘Indophobic.’
Ramaswamy later acknowledged Coulter on X for “having the guts to speak her mind.”
“@Ann Coulter told me flat-out to my face that she couldn’t vote for me ‘because you’re an Indian,’ even though she agreed with me more than most other candidates.”
“Here’s how we ended our 1-hour conversation,” he posted,” I told Ann it’s too bad we’ve reached a moment when many conservatives now define our views solely as a reactionary response to the left, instead of defining our own vision on our own terms. There’s a time & place to be reactionary, but it’s not an end in itself.”
Ramaswamy’s reaction astonished Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.). On X he posted “I wasn’t surprised that Ann Coulter made a racist statement about Vivek. What surprised me is the weakness and lack of self-respect of @VivekGRamaswamy. He’s actually promoting this episode and praising the person who spewed raw racism to his face. I feel sorry for Vivek.”
This series was made possible in part by funding provided by the State of California, administered by the California State Library in partnership with the California Department of Social Services and the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs as part of the Stop the Hate program.
