'I beg to differ': Vivek Ramaswamy left momentarily speechless after CNN host's fact check
MAGA loyalist Vivek Ramaswamy was swiftly fact-checked after claiming that Kamala Harris had slurred Republican voters as "weird."
The failed GOP presidential candidate appeared Thursday morning on CNN to discuss the Democratic National Convention and urge fellow Republicans to remain focused on attacking Harris on the issues rather than insulting her personally, and he tried to claim that Democrats were more engaged in that sort of activity than the famously denigrating Donald Trump.
"We have not been going hard enough at her for that policy record," Ramaswamy said. "You look at the other side, their strategy has been to call about 70-plus million Americans 'weird.' I think that's a winning strategy for us, especially against the backdrop of Democrats, who have made this quite personal. I think that's a contrast from Democrats. Think about the Democratic convention, chanting 'lock him up,' chants of 'weird,' effectively calling 70-plus million Americans on the other side weird."
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CNN's John Avlon had been pressing Ramaswamy to comment on Trump's personal attacks on Harris, but co-host Sarah Sidner jumped in at this point to correct their guest.
"They're not calling the Americans that, they're not calling Americans weird," Sidner said, as Ramaswamy protested. "They're not calling the electorate weird. You know they're specifically talking about the vice president, Republican vice presidential nominee [J.D. Vance], and Donald Trump, not the electorate."
The loquacious Ramaswamy was monetarily left speechless and could only agree to disagree.
"Well, I beg to differ on that characterization," he said. "You look at the way that many Republicans, even down-ballot Republicans, are treated in these races. My goal is not to play the victim card here, my goal is actually to highlight an opportunity that Republicans have to say that, at a moment when they're leveling personal insults at you, you know what? You have an opportunity, we have an opportunity, to attack even harder on the policy record."