Speaking to students at Montana State University on October 7, at an event for the right-wing youth organization Turning Point USA, the former Republican presidential candidate and Ohio gubernatorial hopeful reiterated his conservative bonafides. The visit should have been a layup for Ramaswamy—and maybe it would have been, had he been white and Christian.
Instead, as the hour-and-a-half-long event was drawing to a close, Ramaswamy got grilled by two white students who felt his Hindu faith and culture put him at odds with the office he hopes to lead.
Trump’s 2024 campaign positioned the candidate as “pro-immigration” but “anti illegal immigration,” which some Indians took as an assurance, says Raqib Hameed Naik, executive director at the Center for the Study of Organized Hate. The DC-based think tank has published multiple reports about rising anti-Indian hate on X.
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