‘Make America Urkel Again’: Jonathan Lemire Mocks Vivek Ramaswamy’s Screed Against Mediocre Americans

LEMIRE And former presidential ░░░░░░░░ Vivek Ramaswamy now part ░░░░░░░░ the DOGE effort with ░░░░░░░░ Musk he published a ░░░░░░░░ post in recent days ░░░░░░░░ American workers In this ░░░░░░░░ Ramaswamy explained why he ░░░░░░░░ tech companies choose to ░░░░░░░░ foreign workers over Americans ░░░░░░░░ boiled it all down ░░░░░░░░ culture He wrote in ░░░░░░░░ this Our American culture ░░░░░░░░ venerated mediocrity over excellence ░░░░░░░░ way too long That ░░░░░░░░ t start in college ░░░░░░░░ starts young A culture ░░░░░░░░ celebrates the prom queen ░░░░░░░░ the math or Olympiad ░░░░░░░░ or the jock over ░░░░░░░░ valedictorian will not produce ░░░░░░░░ best engineers He continued ░░░░░░░░ s election hopefully marks ░░░░░░░░ beginning of a new ░░░░░░░░ era in America but ░░░░░░░░ if our culture fully ░░░░░░░░ up a culture that ░░░░░░░░ again prioritizes achievement over ░░░░░░░░ excellence over mediocrity nerdiness ░░░░░░░░ conformity and hard work ░░░░░░░░ laziness And Pablo you ░░░░░░░░ to college with Vivek ░░░░░░░░ You ve spoken about ░░░░░░░░ experience a couple of ░░░░░░░░ Give us your reaction ░░░░░░░░ this because I don ░░░░░░░░ know it could be ░░░░░░░░ interpreted as a swipe ░░░░░░░░ a lot of people ░░░░░░░░ cast their ballots for ░░░░░░░░ Trump TORRE It s ░░░░░░░░ He checked from a ░░░░░░░░ who is not actually ░░░░░░░░ good at speaking to ░░░░░░░░ believe the reality of ░░░░░░░░ is going on in ░░░░░░░░ And I say that ░░░░░░░░ of course my own ░░░░░░░░ opinion but this read ░░░░░░░░ some point there is ░░░░░░░░ line in this very ░░░░░░░░ post which you didn ░░░░░░░░ quote which I will ░░░░░░░░ says We need more ░░░░░░░░ less chillin And I ░░░░░░░░ chillin with the g ░░░░░░░░ and it just feels ░░░░░░░░ you know a Breakfast ░░░░░░░░ speech written by a ░░░░░░░░ language model and it ░░░░░░░░ politically I think a ░░░░░░░░ decision insofar as the ░░░░░░░░ that he joined was ░░░░░░░░ interested in him because ░░░░░░░░ how he enabled their ░░░░░░░░ grievances And when I ░░░░░░░░ they I mean the ░░░░░░░░ of the MAGA base ░░░░░░░░ is America first in ░░░░░░░░ way that means white ░░░░░░░░ first And so if ░░░░░░░░ s going to talk ░░░░░░░░ that base a nativist ░░░░░░░░ the same way that ░░░░░░░░ don t know white ░░░░░░░░ have been talking to ░░░░░░░░ people in America for ░░░░░░░░ really long time I ░░░░░░░░ t think they re ░░░░░░░░ to like it And ░░░░░░░░ what we re seeing ░░░░░░░░ is this coalition that ░░░░░░░░ fractured that wasn t ░░░░░░░░ all that incentivized in ░░░░░░░░ same direction when it ░░░░░░░░ to what does Silicon ░░░░░░░░ want and what does ░░░░░░░░ America first movement want ░░░░░░░░ you can recast America ░░░░░░░░ as Elon has done ░░░░░░░░ co head of DOGE ░░░░░░░░ say this is about ░░░░░░░░ winning the game as ░░░░░░░░ they are a sports ░░░░░░░░ as if we are ░░░░░░░░ sports team as if ░░░░░░░░ are a business as ░░░░░░░░ to a place that ░░░░░░░░ supposed to prioritize as ░░░░░░░░ again base of America ░░░░░░░░ would like it to ░░░░░░░░ white Americans first But ░░░░░░░░ believe that this is ░░░░░░░░ remarkable fracturing ahead of ░░░░░░░░ day of a coalition ░░░░░░░░ didn t make a ░░░░░░░░ of logical sense Before ░░░░░░░░ You get to the ░░░░░░░░ this guy is talking ░░░░░░░░ TV shows being the ░░░░░░░░ of this He s ░░░░░░░░ that America isn t ░░░░░░░░ Urkel enough That s ░░░░░░░░ an argument he made ░░░░░░░░ I m just like ░░░░░░░░ is this guy trying ░░░░░░░░ articulate a vision for ░░░░░░░░ for anyone That s ░░░░░░░░ part that I return ░░░░░░░░ and have for 20 ░░░░░░░░ LEMIRE Yeah no reading ░░░░░░░░ post here he not ░░░░░░░░ takes a shot at ░░░░░░░░ but praises Screech in ░░░░░░░░ by the Bell and ░░░░░░░░ Steve Urkel character as ░░░░░░░░ Make America Urkel again ░░░░░░░░ as well have been ░░░░░░░░ title of this post ░░░░░░░░ we will see how ░░░░░░░░ relationship develops in the ░░░░░░░░ ahead Host of Pablo ░░░░░░░░ Finds Out on Meadowlark ░░░░░░░░ Pablo Torre he did ░░░░░░░░ lot of work for ░░░░░░░░ this morning Thank you ░░░░░░░░ And Sam Stein thank ░░░░░░░░ as well buddy we ░░░░░░░░ it.”