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Out Of Touch Vivek ‘Scum’ Ramaswamy Puts Up Ad for a Nanny for His Two ‘Gifted Children’ and It’s Quite Eye-Opening

Every time I think I can't be surprised again, there goes the GOP.

During the last debate, Nikki Haley used a word to describe Vivek Ramaswamy that perhaps only a mama bear gets to use: “Scum.” The entire exchange was in reference to a previous debate, during which Haley slammed Ramaswamy for trying to seem relevant by using TikTok.

This time, he brought up Haley’s daughter. And the former South Carolina governor was right — that is a scumbag move.

But hey, Vivek is young, he’s desperate for an inch in this race, and he’s defensive. It turns out that the guy who wants so badly to seem down-to-earth that he got himself a TikTok is actually painfully out of touch with reality.

That could be said about a lot of Republican candidates for literally anything. For that matter, so could “scum.” But Ramaswamy is far more out of touch than the rest of the field, and it’s not even close. It seems that the pharmaceutical bazillionaire is looking to hire a full-time nanny for about a hundred grand a year.

From Business Insider:

The job — which requires 84 to 96 hours of work a week, with seven days on and seven days off — would include coordinating with “a dedicated team including a Chef, Nannies, a Housekeeper, and Private Security” to provide “a seamless daily routine for the children,” who are described as “gifted.”

The nanny would be expected to “curate” their “play areas, toys, and clothing to foster a stimulating and organized environment.”

Maybe the job requires the nanny to teach the young boys Klingon.

Now, we don’t know for certain whether the job posting on EstateJobs.com — an exclusive website for sickeningly rich people to hire butlers and chauffeurs and the like — is from Ramaswamy. The main listing says “This is an exceptional opportunity to join a high-profile family, contributing to the growth and development of their children while participating in unique family adventures.”

But some sleuthing by Insider really points in that direction. Among the points that might prove it:

  • The zip code on the ad matches Ramaswamy’s voter registration
  • The ages of the children match his two sons’ ages
  • Vegetarian meal prep is specified; the Ramaswamy family is vegetarian
  • The travel schedule seems to match Ramaswamy’s
  • They’re described as a “high profile” family

So why does that last one matter? Well, Insider matched the owner of every home in that zip code that’s sold for a million dollars or more in the last ten years. They uncovered their professions: There were surgeons, lawyers, wealth managers, and professors, among others.

Only one, however, could be considered “high profile” publicly.

Seeing this kind of completely detached behavior is a whole new level past Betsy “My Kids Never Went To Public School” DeVos. And knowing this, it’s hard to imagine how Nikki Haley held her tongue as long as she did. She may be a Republican, but at least she parents her kid — a kid that the other candidates shouldn’t be talking about.

The ad has been removed but the internet is forever so here is the archived version if interested.

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Andrew is a dark blue speck in deep red Central Washington, writing with the conviction of 18 years at the keyboard and too much politics to even stand. When not furiously stabbing the keys on breaking news stories, he writes poetry, prose, essays, haiku, lectures, stories for grief therapy, wedding ceremonies, detailed instructions on making doughnuts from canned biscuit dough (more sugar than cinnamon — duh), and equations to determine the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow. A girlfriend, a dog, two cats, and two birds round out the equation, and in his spare time, Drewbear likes to imagine what it must be like to have spare time.

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