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Diamond_Dog

(41,006 posts)
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:21 PM Thursday

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 Thursday OP
He speaks and carries himself like an entitled teenager LuvLoogie Thursday #1
I am mildly horrified at myself in hoping that the racism & racists in Ohio make Vivek jobless irisblue Thursday #2
Who will they vote for? If they vote at all. Diamond_Dog Thursday #4
I worked as a librarian at a university in Ohio. oberle Thursday #3
The GOP voters love crooks. Old Crank Yesterday #5

LuvLoogie

(8,895 posts)
1. He speaks and carries himself like an entitled teenager
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:30 PM
Thursday

Unaware that he mistakes his bigotry for confidence.

irisblue

(37,870 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
Thursday

oberle

(408 posts)
3. I worked as a librarian at a university in Ohio.
Thu May 14, 2026, 09:58 PM
Thursday

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

(7,233 posts)
5. The GOP voters love crooks.
Fri May 15, 2026, 12:17 AM
Yesterday

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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