Tim Pool says Vivek Ramaswamy's support for H-1B visas is “indefensible”
Pool: “Politically, I'm not getting behind anyone who comes out and says that anchor babies are real Americans and H-1B's should be celebrated”
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From the May 6, 2026, edition of Timcast, posted to YouTube
TIM POOL (HOST): CNN's calling it Trump revenge “and other takeaways from Tuesday's Indiana and Ohio primaries.” Indeed, I hate — guys, I'm just — politics is all fake. Look, with all due respect to Vivek Ramaswamy — I think he's a good dude for a lot of reasons — but I find his H-1B push and his Christmas crashout indefensible.
My favorite ability politically -- personally, I got no beef. Vivek's been on the show. He's been a friend of the show. Politically, I'm not getting behind anyone who comes out and says that anchor babies are real Americans and H-1B's should be celebrated. Sorry. And I'm not even I'm not even, like, a hardcore closed border nationalist guy. I got no problem with some immigration. It's gotta be done legally, legally.
But this idea — this is what you got to understand. Oh, so in Ohio — let me give you the context. Vivek got, like, 85% of the votes in the primary. But the reality is he's effectively running unopposed. There's no real contest. I mean, Vivek — I believe he was endorsed by Donald Trump.
Now, Ohio may vote for him, I guess, but the prediction markets say Vivek will lose. And I think he will lose. I mean, I don't want to say that. I'd rather have a Republican winning in Ohio, but I am — look, we've got this question of a birthright citizenship. This idea that people can come here as guests, visitors, or even illegally, and by having a kid, that kid gets full rights to the American movement mission and dream is an absurdity. Perhaps we can make arguments about what things were like hundreds of years ago. Today, we have exploitation.