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Remember my reporting last fall that I had learned on a DC trip that btw 30-40% of Gen Z DC conservatives are Groypers, or Groyper-adjacent? New Antonia Hitchens piece in NYer quotes a TRUMP OFFICIAL saying it's closer to 75%. See below; full story here: #rid=5df2aea6-e2f8-4bf2-9b30-7fd8b008ac44&q=antonia" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…

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🚨Vivek Ramaswamy Is Being Racially Attacked by Republicans — And It Needs to Stop🚨 @VivekGRamaswamy Another conservative who's faced relentless racial attacks is Vivek Ramaswamy. I thought Vivek was one of the strongest, most articulate voices in the 2024 GOP presidential race — a true America First candidate with bold, unapologetic policies. He's the living embodiment of the American Dream: an Indian-American born and raised in Ohio who built a highly successful biotech business from the ground up and loves this country deeply. Yet because of his Indian heritage, a vocal segment on the right attacks him as "Indian first," not American. That's textbook racism. They try to hide behind disagreements over H-1B visas, but let's be clear: President Trump has long supported skilled immigration visas like these, and so has Elon Musk. Policy debate is fair game — using someone's ethnicity to smear them is not. This isn't "most Republicans" — polls consistently show broad support for strong minority candidates in the party. But it's loud enough that we need to call it out. Every time a qualified minority steps up in conservative politics, a small but persistent fringe attacks them, pushing for a "whites-only" party. Newsflash: The Republican Party is changing and growing. It's becoming a true big-tent party of ideas, merit, and American values — not skin color. Deal with it. Vivek's powerful America First promises (from his presidential run and now his Ohio governor campaign) prove exactly why he's such a strong voice: - Secure the border and fight the drug war: Use the military (including drones) to seal the southern border and annihilate Mexican cartels fueling the CCP's opium war on America. - Revive national identity and protect kids: End affirmative action, ban gender confusion “care” for minors, restrict addictive social media for under-16s, and make political expression a civil right while crushing DEI indoctrination. - Unleash the economy: Drill, frack, burn coal, expand nuclear energy, cut regulations dramatically, incentivize trade schools over useless degrees, and aim for explosive GDP growth. - Declare independence from China: Hold the CCP accountable, achieve semiconductor self-reliance, ban U.S. firms from expanding in China while they cheat, and stop them from buying American land. - Dismantle the bureaucracy: Shut down or overhaul toxic agencies, impose term limits on bureaucrats, move federal workers out of D.C., and slash waste. For Ohio specifically (his home state and current gubernatorial run): Phase out the state income tax, deliver massive property tax cuts without hurting schools or public safety, expand universal school choice and vouchers (including private and homeschool options), implement merit-based pay for teachers, ban cellphones in classrooms, bring healthier food and physical fitness back to schools, attach work requirements to welfare programs, lower energy and housing costs, empower police to fight urban crime, and make Ohio the #1 state in America for raising a family, creating jobs, and delivering world-class education through real opportunity and capitalism. If we want to win and actually put America First, we reject racial gatekeeping from any side. Period. Vivek represents the future of the party — merit, opportunity, and unapologetic patriotism. Let's celebrate that instead of tearing it down.