India, Nov. 5 -- Republican leader Vivek Ramaswamy has delivered a blunt message to his party after Democrats swept key races in New York City, New Jersey, and Virginia, including Zohran Mamdani's historic victory as mayor of New York City.

In a video posted on X, Ramaswamy admitted the defeats candidly, saying, "We got our a**es handed to us- in New Jersey, Virginia, and New York City. Democrats swept all three."

The former presidential candidate outlined two major lessons for Republicans to draw from the outcome.

Ramaswamy's second point targeted what he called the party's growing reliance on cultural and identity-based rhetoric.

"Cut out the identity politics. It's not for us- that's the woke left's game, not ours. We don't care ab...