"You didn't say you condemn white supremacy," the reporter snarks.
To
which Ramaswamy replied: "I'm not gonna recite some catechism for you,"
adding "I'm not pledging allegience to your new religion of modern
wokeism, which actually fits the test. I'm not gonna bend the knee to
your religion."
"But do I condemn vicious racial discrimination? Yes I do," he added. "Am I gonna play your silly game of 'gotcha'? No I'm not. And frankly this is why people have lost trust."
Ramaswamy then told her that he knew she was going to go 'print the
headline' tomorrow: 'Ramaswamy refuses to condemn white supremacy,' because you asked a stupid question. The
reality is, I condemn vicious racial discrimination in this country.
But the kind of vicious and systematic discrimination we see today, is
discrimination on the base of race in a very different direction. You
wanna know what the best way is to end discrimination is on the basis of
race? Stop discriminating on the basis of race."
"You people have been responsible for dividing this country to a breaking point, creating
a projection of national division," he continued. "And you with your
catechism that you try to get politicians to whatever fake headline
you're gonna print on the basis of this conversation tomorrow, that's
what's dividing this country to a breaking point. Shame on you."
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The poor pitiful reporters have not yet learned how to deal with Vivek. He is smart, honest and unafraid. It's a fun combination.
Regards,
Russ