Nikki Haley Rips Vivek Ramaswamy's 'Mediocrity' Talk: 'Nothing Wrong With American Workers'
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The former United Nations ambassador hit back at her former GOP primary opponent after his take on U.S. culture sparked conservative backlash.
Nikki Haley wasn’t having it with Vivek Ramaswamy on Thursday after her former GOP presidential primary opponent argued that top tech companies often hire foreign-born engineers because American culture has “venerated mediocrity over excellence.”
“There is nothing wrong with American workers or American culture,” wrote the former United Nations ambassador in an X post responding to the tech entrepreneur. (Editor’s note: Ramaswamy is an investor in HuffPost’s parent company, BuzzFeed.)
“All you have to do is look at the border and see how many want what we have. We should be investing and prioritizing in Americans, not foreign workers.”
The two notably feuded during the GOP primary debates where Ramaswamy hurled insults at Haley, who called him “scum” after he mentioned her daughter amid discussion on the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok.
The take from Ramaswamy — who is set to lead Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (“DOGE”) advisory group with fellow billionaire Elon Musk — sparked conservative backlash and exposed divisions among the president-elect’s base amid debate on immigration and H-1B work visas.
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