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RandySF

(87,762 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 02:46 PM 5 hrs ago

OH-GOV: Vivek Ramaswamy's luxury jet travel continues to fuel criticism in Ohio governor's race

A new report shows Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is using a new private jet to travel to public and private appearances across the country.

The new report from The Rooster comes after Ramaswamy had appeared to slow down his luxurious travel. The Rooster says the Republican’s Cessna Citation X plane has been grounded at the Quad City Airport in Moline, Ill. since May 4. However, an anonymous source told The Rooster that Ramaswamy has been using a new Bombardier Global 5500 plane out of the Ohio State University airport.

Last Friday, The Rooster published flight records for Ramaswamy’s new private jet, which he has used 54 times so far this year. Ramaswamy’s post-primary election campaign expenditures show that the candidate has racked up an estimated $200,000 in private jet-related costs in 2026.

In February, Heartland Signal reported on Ramaswamy’s campaign expenditures, which showed he spent $780,000 on private jet travel in 2025. The campaign told Heartland Signal that Ramaswamy covered the costs with his own money. Earlier this year, Ramaswamy donated $25 million of his own money to his campaign.



https://heartlandsignal.com/2026/06/23/vivek-ramaswamys-luxury-jet-travel-continues-to-fuel-criticism-in-ohio-governors-race/

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OH-GOV: Vivek Ramaswamy's luxury jet travel continues to fuel criticism in Ohio governor's race (Original Post) RandySF 5 hrs ago OP
Shouldn't he change his name to UpInArms 5 hrs ago #1
He is a crook. Botany 5 hrs ago #2
He hates that story. Keeps it wiped off wikipedia BlueWaveNeverEnd 4 hrs ago #3
Be a shame if somebody or bodies made an educational video about it and made sure it got in front of .... Botany 4 hrs ago #4
Go Amy!!! hookaleft 3 hrs ago #5

Botany

(78,202 posts)
2. He is a crook.
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 03:23 PM
5 hrs ago

He, his brother, and his mother made millions after he set up a business that his mother owned
and she or others spread the story that a drug made by a company Vivek owned showed good
promise in the treatment of Alzheimer’s and that company’s stock went way up because people
and families effected by Alzheimer’s are desperate. When the stock price hit $160 or so a share
then Vivek, his brother, and his mother all sold their shares in that company and the walked away
with shit loads of money and when it turned out that the drug was useless all the other investors
lost everything.

Btw he claimed to be in the pharmaceutical business but he just had a few offices and never made
anything. He is a crook.

Botany

(78,202 posts)
4. Be a shame if somebody or bodies made an educational video about it and made sure it got in front of ....
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 04:27 PM
4 hrs ago

….. the eyeballs of the people of Ohio. He made millions of dollars selling the idea that
there was a “cure” for Alzheimer’s to desperate people. Just put out the truth. It could
include video of his “pharmaceutical company” place of business. Two rented offices
just north of I 270, some pictures of that era’s P.C., and maybe the stock’s history.

Mommy pushes “the good news” about a cure for Alzheimer’s, enough people believe it that
they buy stock in Rama Longa Ding Dong’s “pharmaceutical company” show the stock going
up, and then the drop in share price after the Rama Longa Ding Dongs sell off their shares
and walk with millions.

BTW both Browns’ owner and Donny T have cleaned up their wiki pages too.

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