- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
Summary
Vivek Ramaswamy, co-leader of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under Trump, is expected to step down to launch a campaign for Ohio governor.
Sources report friction between Ramaswamy, Elon Musk, and incoming DOGE staff, with Musk’s team criticizing his lack of participation and subtly encouraging his exit.
“Vivek has worn out his welcome,” one Trump associate said.
DOGE, a task force to streamline federal bureaucracy, is not a formal agency.
I hear what you are saying but in this context, someone is saying Vivek can not be elected in Ohio because of racism… they are saying yes that these folks with foreign sounding birth names were elected but only because they changed their names to something that sounds less “foreign” whatever that means.
While I can agree with you about anyone being able to change their name to whatever they want I don’t think the criticism you are trying to apply here is very…. Without a better word… accurate?
They are simply suggesting that Ohioans will vote for a foreigner or someone if they have a so called white sounding name. I have no idea if it’s true or not, but it feels like you’re being more of a troll here than actually than anything else.
Of course a trans person can change their name so other people can better relate and interact with the gender they identify with…. I hear you saying that you are trying to be true to your beliefs whether you support the persons politics, which is awesome I hope we can all strive to do the same.
I don’t think the poster cared that they changed their names to become governor of Ohio, but it is interesting… i have not seen or heard of any data that supports their premise, but anecdotally is sounds reasonable.
That may not have been what OP meant, I don’t know. But other people are saying she changed her name to sound white and it just isn’t true.
Has anyone asked her why she changed her name? I’ve heard or read articles suggesting that it was done to sound more white from progressive circles… I don’t really care if someone changes their name but it is interesting if they are doing it because their own constituents would see them as “other” had they not done it.
Ted Cruz is another example I think.
And oh yea don’t we have our first trans representative in congress now? I can’t remember what state but I remember Margerine Green Potato trying to pass a bill about bathrooms in the capitol recently?
I looked it up because no one else bothered to. It’s her childhood nickname and it means “little one” in Punjabi.
People here are just assuming it was about fooling people about her ethnicity.
And that has nothing to do with the fact that Nikki sounds more “American”
Do you really think her parents called her a Punjabi name in childhood to make her more American just because it sounds like a Western name?
Do you think if they had chosen a more Hindi or Indian sounding nickname she would call herself that?
What a strange and bigoted thing to say. You’re now suggesting she shouldn’t use the name her family calls her because it sounds to white despite the fact that it’s technically spelled ਨਿੱਕੀ. But that tends to not be accepted on U.S. I.D.s.
If she were Chinese and had a name she spelled Lee, would she be trying to sound white or are there Chinese names that sound like Western ones?