Of course, all that’s a joke because the two big representatives in the MAGA camp – Vivek Ramaswamy, whose parents came from Andhra Pradesh, and JD and Usha Vance – get along rather well and are buddies from their Yale days. In fact, in what will be a rare win for Vivek, who has only garnered negative headlines recently, the former presidential candidate is bringing on board JD Vance’s top operatives to launch his gubernatorial campaign in Ohio.
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