Often active on social media, Vivek Ramaswamy has quite the "Twitter fingers," and was even slammed for joining TikTok. In response to the accident in October 2023, he quickly took to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. He responded to a thread shared by Daily Mail journalist, Katelyn Caralle. The photos showcased the scene of the accident, in which Ramaswamy's car sustained minor scratches. Caralle captioned the images: "Two protesters, aged 22 and 26, rammed their vehicle into @VivekGRamaswamy's car as he visited Saints Rest Coffee House in Grinnell, Iowa on Thursday. The 2024 presidential hopeful is not hurt and was not in the car at the time of the incident."
In a video also shared by Caralle, Ramaswamy is seen going back and forth with protestors. "Had a civil exchange with protestors today, right before two of them then got into their car & rammed it into ours," he tweeted. "Those two should be held accountable, but the rest of the peaceful protestors shouldn't be tarred by the behavior of two bad actors."
The woman who hit Ramaswamy's car was eventually identified as Celia Meagher, a college student at the nearby Grinnell College. In an interview with the college newspaper The Scarlet & Black, Meagher claimed that she had no connection to the dissenters. The second person in her car, Nic Grofsorean, backed up these claims: "It was truly just an accident. We were completely unaffiliated with the protestors."
