Billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee in Ohio’s gubernatorial race, left the campaign trail in the Buckeye State on Friday to catch some world-class tennis hundreds of miles away.
Ramaswamy — per a video and picture shared by Democratic nominee Amy Acton on social media — sat three rows back from the court during the third round of the U.S. Open in New York.
“Vivek Ramaswamy thinks he is too good to spend Labor Day Weekend in Ohio, instead jetting off in his private plane to watch the US Open in VIP seating with his billionaire friends,” Acton wrote.
In a video shared to his Instagram page on Friday, Ramaswamy is seen inside a vehicle wearing the same outfit as the one from his Open appearance while questioning if Acton will “fight” for Ohioans given her refusal to debate him.
(Note: Acton’s campaign manager told The Columbus Dispatch she said no because of his “lies” and the “disgusting” attack ads toward her that are funded by his billionaire friends.)
It appears Ramaswamy has skipped town (or in this case, state) on dozens of occasions over the course of the campaign this year.