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Diamond_Dog

(41,002 posts)
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:21 PM 12 hrs ago

Vivek tries to walk back comments about closing down some of Ohio's universities

And Youngstowners aren’t having it.

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Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is hoping to consolidate Ohio's public universities if elected governor this November.

“We have too many of them,” Ramaswamy said in a video posted to Threads on March 13. “They need to be consolidated. And when you consolidate them, they can actually be centers of excellence who are actually the best in their respective domains, instead of trying to create replicas and clones of one another throughout the state.”

It isn’t yet clear what that will mean for Youngstown State University, despite a slew of social media posts and even published articles claiming the school would be shut down under a Ramaswamy administration.

https://www.wfmj.com/news/political/blatant-political-misinformation-ramaswamy-campaign-responds-to-ysu-closure-rumors/article_0cd982fa-47e4-468a-bc8e-5e787f2582b0.html

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Vivek tries to walk back comments about closing down some of Ohio's universities (Original Post) Diamond_Dog 12 hrs ago OP
He speaks and carries himself like an entitled teenager LuvLoogie 12 hrs ago #1
I am mildly horrified at myself in hoping that the racism & racists in Ohio make Vivek jobless irisblue 12 hrs ago #2
Who will they vote for? If they vote at all. Diamond_Dog 11 hrs ago #4
I worked as a librarian at a university in Ohio. oberle 12 hrs ago #3
The GOP voters love crooks. Old Crank 9 hrs ago #5

LuvLoogie

(8,892 posts)
1. He speaks and carries himself like an entitled teenager
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:30 PM
12 hrs ago

Unaware that he mistakes his bigotry for confidence.

irisblue

(37,861 posts)
2. I am mildly horrified at myself in hoping that the racism & racists in Ohio make Vivek jobless
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:38 PM
12 hrs ago

oberle

(407 posts)
3. I worked as a librarian at a university in Ohio.
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:58 PM
12 hrs ago

I found out that there are 88 colleges and universities in Ohio. How a state with such an educational abundance can vote for so many assholes is beyond me.

Old Crank

(7,230 posts)
5. The GOP voters love crooks.
Fri May 15, 2026, 12:17 AM
9 hrs ago

His mother, brother and him made millions fleecing rubes with a pump and dump scheme at a drug company. You would think that would come up. But no.

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