Heretic.
Throughout his campaign, Ramaswamy has repeatedly pointed out his ethnicity,
and emphasizes his immigrant parents’ background, as a sort of shtick, to set him
apart from the other Republicans, (which is Vivek being crassly calculated).
Moreover, Vivek’s obsessively reminding Republicans about how “ethnic” he is, seems to be his manipulative way of playing with people’s fears of being perceived as “racists.”
After all, if they vote for him.....a decidedly “brown” person..... (but the “safe kind”), they could showcase their color-blindness......and couldn’t possibly be racist.