Columbus, Ohio- After billionaire hedge fund manager Vivek Ramaswamy filed paperwork to run for governor, Democrats are making sure Ohioans know who he really is. Before he launches his statewide tour, Ohioans should know Ramaswamy is a billionaire who holds deeply disturbing views about the people he wants to serve. He would only help special interests and political insiders, not our state’s working families.

Ramaswamy is a billionaire insider who rose to prominence in Republican politics self-funding his campaign while boosting ties to right-wing elites and billionaires like Peter Thiel, Leonard Leo, Elon Musk and most recently Donald Trump. It’s clear that as governor, he would prioritize Wall Street over main streets in Ohio.

But even more concerning are his dim views of the people he’s running to serve. Ramaswamy called Ohioans “mediocre” and “lazy” in a rant that showed us his true colors. With those views of Americans, he’s not fit to hold any public office, let alone governor of Ohio.

Ramaswamy enters a gubernatorial primary field that is looking increasingly likely to continue the tradition of messy, expensive GOP primaries. Once again, Ohioans will watch politicians fight each other while not fighting for them.

“Ohioans are struggling to make ends meet, and the last thing they need is a billionaire who calls them ‘lazy’ asking for their votes,” said Ohio Democratic Party Chair Elizabeth Walters. “Ramaswamy’s comments reveal a politician deeply out of touch with his own state who clearly won’t fight for Ohioans. Democrats know that Ohio is home to the best workers in the world and unlike Ramaswamy, we’ll always fight for them.”

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