Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy held a townhall in Cincinnati to address rising public safety concerns. The event followed a Times Square billboard urging New Yorkers to escape Zohran Mamdani's "socialist tyranny" and relocate to Ohio.

Ohio gubernatorial candidate and Cincinnati native Vivek Ramaswamy hosted a town hall Monday to discuss crime in the city after what he called a "candid" meeting with Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge and Mayor Aftab Pureval.

The GOP's presumptive nominee for the 2026 Ohio gubernatorial race announced the town hall after a large fight in downtown Cincinnati went viral July 26.