Vivek Ramaswamy lamented the state of American culture in a message outlining a pathway to creating a “new golden era” for the United States. The former Republican presidential candidate warned on Thursday that “our American culture has venerated mediocrity over excellence for way too long.

The former United Nations ambassador hit back at her former GOP primary opponent after his take on U.S. culture sparked conservative backlash.

Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley tore into her old rival Vivek Ramaswamy on Thursday, after the entrepreneur and Trump administration adviser wrote a lengthy takedown arguing mainstream U.S. culture doesn’t encourage science and technology excellence,