WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has come under fire from Congressman Ro Khanna, who called him "dangerous to our democracy" and claimed that both he and the GOP were failing the American people.
He was reacting to Vivek Ramaswamy’s December 13 CNN town hall statement in Iowa. “Vivek’s podcast of a campaign would be funny if it weren’t so deeply dangerous to our democracy,” remarked Khanna even while bemoaning Ramaswamy’s penchant for sensationalism, stating, “he chose to engage in sensationalism for clicks that have become the currency to get ahead in today’s Republican Party.”
Labeling the Republican Party as “unserious,” Khanna voiced his support for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. He emphasised the accomplishments of Democrats, citing historic legislation on issues such as abortion rights, gun violence, better jobs, and lower costs. According to Khanna, these are the actual issues that matter to the American people.
During the town hall, Ramaswamy said that if elected president, he would send undocumented migrants back to their countries of origin. “I do believe that anybody who’s in this country illegally needs to be returned to their country of origin,” he asserted, also advocating for an end to birthright citizenship for the children of illegal migrants.
He promoted conspiracy theories suggesting that January 6th was a government plot, among other things. He desired a conversation with Putin and the return of the land that Russia currently occupies.
Man arrested for threatening Ramaswamy
A man who threatened a mass shooting to kill Vivek Ramaswamy has been arrested, according to the federal prosecutor’s office in New Hampshire. Tyler Anderson, 30, was charged on December 12 with making a threat to injure a person, whom the prosecutor’s office identified as a “presidential candidate” without naming Ramaswamy. The Prosecutor’s Office said that the FBI led the investigation into the threat against Ramaswamy. Ironically, the FBI has been one of Ramaswamy’s targets and he has said that he would eliminate it if he were elected President.