Ann Coulter, a conservative commentator who has expressed her dislike of Vivek Ramaswamy publicly in the past, has once again targeted the Indian-origin Republican leader amid the ongoing deportation of illegal immigrants in the US.
"Anybody named 'Vivek' on that plane?" Coulter asked while resharing the video of the US Border Patrol showing illegal immigrants from India boarding their deportation flight.
Ramaswamy was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Indian Hindu immigrant parents and made a name for himself as a successful businessman before venturing into politics.
However, his ethnicity and religion have resulted in the 39-year-old still being an outsider for many in the Republican Party.
In May 2024, while Ramaswamy was still running for the Republican presidential nomination, Coulter had told him on his podcast that she wouldn't vote for him because he was Indian.
¡°I agreed with many, many things you said ¡ probably more than most other candidates when you were running for president. But I still would not have voted for you because you're an Indian,¡± she had said.
Ramaswamy later played it down, saying he respects Coulter because "she had the guts to speak her mind."
She had also attacked Ramaswamy again after he expressed his support for the H-1B visa system.
"American workers can leave a company. Imported H1B workers can't. Tech wants indentured servants, not 'high-skilled' workers," Coulter said in December.
On her latest post targeting Ramaswamy, many social media users reminded her that the latter was born in the US to Indian-origin parents who legally immigrated to the country and that he cannot be deported.
Another social media user also reminded her that one of US President JD Vance's sons is named Vivek.
With over seven lakh people, Indians account for the third-highest population of undocumented immigrants in the US. On Tuesday, the US deported 104 Indian nationals who were recently caught at the borders while attempting to enter the country illegally.
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