"On New Year's Eve, I deleted X and Instagram from my phone. I'll spend my newfound time listening to more voters in real-world Ohio, developing more policies to make our state affordable, and being more present with my family, he wrote. I predict that ending my consumption of social media will make me a better leader and a happier man."
"I delivered a speech arguing that the U.S. is a nation defined above all by ideals, not shared bloodlines. Based on social-media comments beforehand, I expected to be booed. If you scrolled through them after, you'd believe that's what happened, he wrote. But in reality, I received a standing ovation from a politically engaged audience of well over 20,000 attendees."
Vivek Ramaswamy announced he will stop personally using social media in 2026 and removed X and Instagram from his phone. He plans to spend the freed time listening to Ohio voters, developing affordability policies, and being more present with his family, predicting reduced social-media use will improve leadership and happiness. His campaign will maintain and operate his social accounts without his personal browsing. He cited negative, bombastic messages and racial slurs following a Turning Point USA speech, and said online commentary contradicted an in-person standing ovation from over 20,000 attendees. Rival Casey Putsch publicly mocked the decision.
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