This Week in #OHGov: Vivek Ramaswamy’s Big Biotech Scheme Revealed

This Week in #OHGov: Vivek Ramaswamy's Big Biotech Scheme Revealed

August 14, 2026

Columbus, Ohio- There are less than three months to go until the November election, and it just keeps looking worse for Vivek Ramaswamy. This week, new reporting revealed Ramaswamy hired his own mother to "massage" data from a failed trial for an Alzheimer's drug, and his former bodyguard pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges. Ramaswamy was caught calling the privatization of Social Security a "reasonable conversation to have" and calling the Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters "small" and not "important."

"Pump-and-Dump Scheme" Revealed: New reporting revealed Vivek Ramaswamy's role in a "kind of pump and dump" scheme that gave patients and their families suffering from Alzheimer's false hope and cost his investors hundreds of millions of dollars.

Ramaswamy served as "the frontman" for a "dubious pharmaceutical company" and "cashed out weeks before its dramatic crash." He hired his own mother to "massage" data from failed clinical trials to make the drug look promising, despite her lack of clinical trial experience. Ramaswamy used his own mother's analysis to secure himself a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Bodyguard Blues Back Again: Ramaswamy's bodyguard and his wife pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges following their arrest in late 2025 for participating in a "narcotics conspiracy involving bulk amounts of fentanyl and meth." Meanwhile, Ramaswamy is pushing a "property tax scam" that would defund the police and fire departments on the frontlines of the opioid epidemic across the state. How can Ohioans trust Ramaswamy to protect Ohio families?

Ramaswamy's New Social Security Scam: Just ahead of the 91st Anniversary of the Social Security Act signing, an unearthed clip showed Ramaswamy claim privatizing Social Security - gambling with millions of Ohioans' retirement benefits on the stock market - is a "reasonable conversation to have." Privatizing Social Security would leave Ohioans more vulnerable to market changes as they're already grappling with higher costs. Ramaswamy can't be trusted to protect our Social Security.

Jealousy Looks Bad on Ramaswamy: In a recent clip, Ramaswamy refers to first responders in the Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters as "small" and not "important" after addressing their endorsement of Dr. Acton. Ramaswamy makes his anti-worker views clear as he blatantly disrespects the first responders who put their lives on the line to keep Ohioans safe.

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