"You Either Are American, Or...": Vivek Ramaswamy On Heritage-Based Notions

"You Either Are American, Or...": Vivek Ramaswamy On Heritage-Based Notions

Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has challenged notions of American identity, urging conservatives to focus on values and ideals instead of ancestry or lineage.

Vivek’s War On ‘Heritage Americanism’

Vivek Ramaswamy has declared war on the “Heritage American” concept. In a New York Times column and an AmericaFest speech last week, the Ohio gubernatorial candidate insisted this country’s identity is based on ideas, not ancestry.“The idea that a ‘heritage American’ is more American than another American is un-American at its core,” he said at the Turning Point USA event. He argued that our national identity has nothing to do with one’s lineage…