Vivek likes calling candidates liars, to deflect from his lies.
Let's start with his population growth plan.
"The population of our state is shrinking" ❌
2021: 11,798,534 to
2026: 11,940,399
Ohio is the 7th most populous state.
"The fertility rate has gone down" ≠NULL
2020 1.71
2026 1.65
> National fertility rate of 1.62. On trend not Ohio specific.
"Our death rate is also going up" ❌
2025: 125,500
2024: 126,828
2023: 129,541
2022: 138,209
2021: 147,524
2020: 143,359
College graduates are leaving the state for jobs and housing, that have been usurped by H1Bs and foreigners.
The "people" moving in are immigrants with welfare rates as high as 72% (see above).
Then, he doubles down on increasing Ohio's population to 15 million as Governor.