Overview
- He proposed year-round schooling with a 4 p.m. dismissal to reduce child care costs in a longer video posted earlier this week.
- The longer clip was deleted and a shorter version without the school remark was reposted, with traces of the original still found via archives and on Threads.
- Several conservative influencers initially alleged the circulating snippet was an AI fabrication, including Tim Pool, Jack Posobiec, Nick Adams and others.
- Snopes and multiple outlets located the fuller video and reported no evidence of AI manipulation, echoing reporting by the Columbus Dispatch and The Daily Beast.
- Ramaswamy’s campaign characterized the comments as a casual TikTok exchange rather than a policy rollout, as Democrat Amy Acton shared the clip to attack the idea.