'He's A Tech Guy': DeSantis Takes A Dig At Vivek Ramaswamy After Ohio Loss

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has criticised Vivek Ramaswamy following his defeat in the Ohio governor's race, saying the Republican candidate failed to connect with the state's working-class voters.Speaking on the Sage Steele Show, DeSantis questioned why the Republican Party chose Ramaswamy as its candidate in the first place. He said Ohio was a blue-collar state and that a businessman from the technology sector may not have been the right choice.Ramaswamy lost to Democratic candidate Amy Acton by 7.9 percentage points.

His defeat came despite an endorsement from US President Donald Trump and support from advisers close to Vice President JD Vance.The election was part of a wider Democratic surge across the country. The midterm results were also seen as a setback for Trump, with voters using the elections to express their views on his presidency.'Ohio Is A Working Class State'DeSantis said the Republican Party should have picked someone who understood the concerns of ordinary voters in Ohio."I don't know why they would have pushed him to be the candidate there.