Dinesh D’Souza Podcast
Veteran conservative commentator and pro-Trump pundit Dinesh D’Souza warned over the weekend that minorities will abandon the GOP in droves if racist abuse hurled at non-white conservatives continues.
Vivek Ramaswamy, the former presidential candidate running as a Republican for governor of Ohio, posted a Halloween photo of himself and his two sons on Friday. The post received a wave of xenophobic and racist replies, including one user who wrote, “I see this year Vivek went as an H1B immigrant here to steal your jobs. Very scary. Like the brown version of the Grinch.”
On Sunday night, D’Souza shared the post and defended Ramaswamy, who was born in Cincinnati to Indian immigrant parents.
“Look at the abuse Vivek is getting for posting an innocuous photo with his boys. This is the sh*tshow that Heritage and Tucker have brought upon us. If this continues, I would not be surprised to see mass desertions of blacks, Latinos and other minorities from the GOP. Unreal,” wrote D’Souza.
D’Souza’s comment referenced the recent firestorm of controversy caused by Tucker Carlson’s interview with highly controversial white nationalist Nick Fuentes, and the head of the Heritage Foundation’s subsequent defense of Carlson.
Vice President JD Vance stirred controversy in recent days when he was pressed on whether or not he wants his Hindu wife to convert to Christianity.
“Do I hope eventually that she is somehow moved by the same thing that I was moved by in church? Yeah, I honestly do wish that because I believe in the Christian Gospel, and I hope eventually my wife comes to see it the same way,” Vance said when pressed by an audience member at Turning Point USA event.
Vance later clarified on X, writing, “First off, the question was from a person seemingly to my left, about my interfaith marriage. I’m a public figure, and people are curious, and I wasn’t going to avoid the question.” He added, “Second, my Christian faith tells me the Gospel is true and is good for human beings. My wife–as I said at the TPUSA–is the most amazing blessing I have in my life. She herself encouraged me to reengage with my faith many years ago. She is not a Christian and has no plans to convert, but like many people in an interfaith marriage–or any interfaith relationship–I hope she may one day see things as I do. Regardless, I’ll continue to love and support her and talk to her about faith and life and everything else, because she’s my wife.”
