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The Don Lemon Show

LEMON DROP | Vivek Ramaswamy & The Limits of White Approval

The Don Lemon Show

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News, Society & Culture

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Don takes a hard look at Vivek Ramaswamy’s rise and reckoning inside the Republican Party. He was supposed to be the GOP’s perfect pitch: a biotech millionaire, an “anti-woke” crusader, and a proud MAGA loyalist. But now, Ramaswamy faces the brutal truth about the party he’s been trying to impress, the same one that keeps reminding him he’ll never truly belong. From racist attacks at Turning Point USA events to outright bigotry from conservative icons, Don breaks down how Ramaswamy’s story exposes the hypocrisy and the deep contradictions at the heart of today’s Republican movement. Smart, sharp, and unapologetically honest, this is one you don’t want to miss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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1:04.0

He's finding out that he's not white, and he's also finding the limits of white approval.

1:10.0

Remember Vievk Wamswamy, he arrived on the Republican scene without a sense of And he's also finding the limits of white approval.

1:15.2

Remember Vyavk, Guamaswamy, he arrived on the Republican scene without a sensibly,

1:21.2

well, he had the, with the ostensibly perfect sales pitch, a biotech millionaire, an anti-woke wonderkin, dead set on disturbing the status quo.

1:24.2

He preached meritocracy.

1:25.9

You know, they love that, Toughness and fierce patriotism.

1:29.0

He was an avowed MAGA loyalist. Considering all that, we must ask, why does a GOP hate him?

1:37.9

Why does the GOP hate Vivek Wama Swami? Well, I mean, he's brown and he's Hindu. And so I may as well just end this right here.

1:46.0

But I'll digress. We can talk about it more. So as the former Doge co-chief, who was pushed out, by the way, has a campaigned to be Ohio's next governor. He has been plagued by vicious, cruel racism from the right. Surprise. The latest episode came earlier

2:02.4

this month that was at a Turning Point USA event. This one was in Montana. One student asked why Ramoswamy

2:08.2

masquerades as a Christian. Another demanded Jesus Christ is God and there is no other God. How can

2:16.3

you represent the constituents of Ohio who are 64%

2:19.8

Christian if you are not a part of that faith? That's what the student or the young person asked.

2:25.4

Well even conservative firebrand and Coulter said something similar so that she would not vote

2:33.0

for him because he's Indian.

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