Tia Mitchell: Vivek Ramaswamy Staying Off Social Media Is to Avoid the Abuse of Trolls Because of Racism, But That‘s a Reality in ‘Conservative Politics’

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MITCHELL: “Yeah, I think what he‘s really kind of skirting around is the fact that a lot of what he posts on social media, the replies are full of racism and full of criticism, not just of his Indian heritage, but of his faith. And so, you know, some of it is just the nastiness of social media. I think he no longer wants to subject himself to the abuse of trolls and people who just don‘t like him because of the color of his skin and the faith he practices. Now, I wish he would say that more plainly, because that‘s a — that‘s a reality for being a person of color in, quite frankly, in politics, but more specifically in conservative politics. I will say, though, one thing he said is he‘s logging off on his phone. Is he logging off on the app on the — on the website?”