Current Ohio gubernatorial candidate (and failed Republican presidential candidate) Vivek Ramaswamy said this week he was going into social media exile, announcing his decision to ditch his personal social accounts on X and Instagram in an op-ed published Monday in The Wall Street Journal. The principle reason he cited for his departure is that “Modern social media is increasingly disconnected from the electorate. The messages you’re most likely to see are the most negative and bombastic.”
Ramaswamy, who built a name for himself by peddling bigoted rhetoric about liberals, has himself been a target for MAGA’s racist invective since December 2024, when he made comments critical of American workers and endorsed H1-B visas. Ramaswamy has spent the past few weeks in particular publicly decrying the anti-Indian racism he’s received from members of his own party.