Vivek Ramaswamy’s Latest Comment Is So Dumb, His Fans Say It’s AI

MAGA Republicans have accused a Democrat running against Vivek Ramawamy for Ohio governor of posting an AI-generated video of the one-day DOGE czar presenting a truly terrible policy idea. Too bad for them, because the video was very real.

Former Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton, a Democratic candidate in the Ohio gubernatorial primary, shared a clip on Monday X, it showed Ramaswamy pitching an outrageous idea to reduce the cost of child care.

“Make parenting more affordable by making school open year-round and going at 4 p.m. instead of 3 p.m., so you don’t have to pay for child care,” Ramaswamy said in the video.

This proposal was so obviously bad that Republicans immediately began accusing Acton of sharing a fake video. Far-right commentator Tim Pool claimed on his show Tuesday, that the video Acton shared was AI and that the audio had been “replaced.” He released an edited version of the video taken from Ramaswamy’s social media that did not appear to include the Republican’s proposal to expand class hours. “If we play this game, we’re done,” Pool said, arguing that Ramaswamy should sue his opponent.

Austin Padgett, MAGA influencer claimed in an article on X, that the video was “probably the most successful example of political deepfake I’ve seen so far.”

And Gabe Guidarini, president of the Ohio College Republican Federation, also denounced candidates sharing manipulated videos. “If you are a candidate and you share AI-altered videos of another candidate and pass them off as reality, you should be fined significantly,” Guidarini written the.

But they couldn’t have been more wrong, as Acton noted in a response to Guidarini. “Okay. The bad news for Vivek Ramaswamy is that his plans for Ohio are so backward that his own party is convinced it’s AI,” she said. written the. “Spoiler alert: it’s not.”

It turns out that the only one to manipulate the video was Ramaswamy. The full video was initially posted on Ramaswamy’s social media accounts before being deleted. Another version of the video was later republished without the Republican’s plan to extend class hours, according to The Columbus Dispatch.

Some MAGA accounts refuted their claims that Acton’s video was fake. “Regardless, this doesn’t appear to be AI. It appears Vivek posted this and then reposted it removing the whole year school portion. However, he forgot to repost it on his Threads account (he forgot this site existed),” America First Insights written the. “Year-round school is a thinking that only rising GDP counts.”