ICYMI: Ramaswamy Slammed for “Embarrassing” Policy So Bad His Supporters Searched for “Nonsensical Explanations”

ICYMI: Ramaswamy Slammed for "Embarrassing" Policy So Bad His Supporters Searched for "Nonsensical Explanations"

December 4, 2025

Columbus, Ohio- In case you missed it, the Ironton Tribune editorial board slammed Vivek Ramaswamy's botched education policy rollout where he revealed a policy so bad his own supporters thought it was AI. Even Republicans know Ramaswamy has the wrong idea for Ohio.

See for yourself:

• Last week, the campaign of Democratic Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton posted a seven-second clip of her rival, Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to her social media feeds.

• The clip featured Ramaswamy making a pitch to do away with summer break for students, making schools go year round and extend the length of the school day in the state.

• Setting aside the fact that year-round school has been proven to costs states more, due to increased expenses, such as utilities, wear and tear on buildings, as well as more staffing and administrative costs, looking at schools as a way to provide cheap or "free" babysitters showsRamaswamy may have his priorities wrong when it comes to educational policy. […]

• So it came as no surprise that the idea was deeply unpopular with many, even in Ramaswamy's own party.

• Conservative commentator Meghan McCain described it "an absolutely insane idea" and said it was "completely removing the importance of family bonding time and anything non-academic related."

• Rather than defend Ramaswamy's policy idea, some Republicans and conservatives instead tried a different approach - concocting an elaborate, ludicrous conspiracy theory to try to clear away Ramaswamy's ill-received idea.

• And Ramaswamy's campaign eventually admitted, to the Columbus Dispatch, that the video, which they had deleted, was, in fact, a legitimate recording of their candidate.

• Ramaswamy's campaign owes Ohioans a better explanation here. Simply erasing the video, after their allies tried to claim it was fake, and hoping the matter vanishes down the memory hole is not sufficient.

• This entire display has been pure amateur hour - whether it is the nonsensical claims of fringe media figures Ramaswamy allies with or the campaign's garbled explanation of the video and lack of clarification of his position, whatever that may be.

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