Vivek Ramaswamy Ominously Warns: Jan. 6 Was a ‘Friendly Preview of What’s to Come’ For America
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy issued a somewhat disturbing warning during a recent interview: that the violent Jan. 6 insurrection was a “friendly preview” of what the country could see in the future.
During an interview with Tucker Carlson at a conservative summit on Friday, the ardently pro-Trump candidate blamed the deadly riot by supporters of Donald Trump on “censorship.”
“You want to know what caused January 6th is pervasive censorship in this country. You tell people in this country they cannot speak, that is when they scream. You tell people they cannot scream. That is when they tear things down,” Ramaswamy, who is running as an ardent Trump-defender, told Carlson.
Those comments were very different from what Ramaswamy said in the days after the attack, when he said the former president’s conduct was “egregious,” though he also argued that “Big Tech” censorship was “worse”.
On Monday in an interview with pro-Trump activist Charlie Kirk, Ramaswamy went even further by describing Jan. 6 as a “culmination” of the suppression of Hunter Biden’s laptop, other forms of social media censorship, and government overreach during the coronavirus pandemic — everything but Trump’s false claims the election was stolen.
“My concern,” Ramaswamy said, “is unless we reconcile ourselves with what the truth of the matter was that led to Jan. 6, that’s really just going to be a friendly preview of what’s to come in this country.”
Ramaswamy insisted he wants to see a “national revival” instead of a “national divorce,” but he rejected the idea of “sanctimoniously indicting” Trump as the one most responsible for the riot.
“I think every American has to look, especially much of the Left in this country that denounces Jan. 6 and the supposed threats to our democracy,” he said. “Everyone in this country has to take a long, hard look in the mirror and ask ourselves what role each of us played in getting to that day.”
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