From NEWSWEEK “Civil War” within the Trump, Musk
camp with this headline:
“MAGA Civil War Erupts
as Trump Backers Turn on Vivek Ramaswamy Over H-1B Visas”
Ramaswamy drew backlash from Trump and self-declared MAGA
voters when he voiced his support for bringing “highly skilled workers from
other countries into the U.S. via the H-1B program,” which focuses on foreign
workers in specialized occupations.
Ramaswamy wrote on X (formerly Twitter):
“The reason top tech companies often hire foreign-born & first-generation
engineers over 'native' Americans isn't because of an innate American IQ
deficit (a lazy & wrong explanation), A key part of it comes down to the
c-word: culture. Tough questions demand tough answers & if we're really
serious about fixing the problem, we have to confront the TRUTH: Our American
culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long (at least
since the 90s and likely longer). That doesn't start in college, it starts
YOUNG.”
Nikki Haley didn't
mince words when responding to Ramaswamy's X post writing: “There is nothing wrong with American
workers or American culture. 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.”
Mike Cernovich, a
longtime right-wing media personality and provocateur, also chimed in saying:
“The Woodstock generation managed to build out aerospace, the one before went
to the moon, America was doing great. Underlying your post is that we were all
living in squalor until being rescued by H-1B's. Then why did everyone want to
come here?”
Ramaswamy responded:
“That version of America, the one that used to embody unbridled exceptionalism,
is exactly what we want to return to. That's a point about culture, not
immigration policy.”
Others on the right have also voiced support for restricting
foreign workers from entering the country.
The prominent
right-wing influencer Jack Posobiec wrote on X: “Why would America recruit foreign talent
rather than recruit own on talent right here at home? Imagine how many
more JD Vance’s
are out there.”
What Others Are
Saying:
Laura Loomer,
far-right firebrand and staunch Trump loyalist, commented on H-1B policies after Trump tapped
Sriram Krishnan as White House senior policy adviser for AI posted: “@VivekRamaswamy knows
that the Great Replacement is real. So does @JDVance. It's not
racist against Indians to want the original MAGA policies I voted for. I voted
for a reduction in H1B visas. Not an extension.”
Billionaire Mark Cuban wrote in response to Ramaswamy's
post: “How do you feel about people who say college is over-rated? In order
to have more homegrown engineers, don't we need more kids going to college?”
Many immigrants have voiced concerns about the second Trump
administration and whether the president-elect will try to restrict H-1B visa
program like he did at the end of his first term. Trump and many of his
anti-immigration allies, previously said they would work to make cuts to the
programs.
Related to the above article is also this article from THE HILL with this headline: “Musk calls some MAGA supporters contemptible fools
as H1B visa row intensifies.”
(Note: There may be some duplication between the
two excellent articles – sorry for that).
My 2 Cents: In simple terms Musk & Ramaswamy have to get out of
any government decisions that influence Trump with their DOGE unofficial policy
ideas and plans and such.
The sooner they are gone
the better for the nation as a whole. Those two characters are truly a hazard
to all that we as a nation stand for.
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