‘Shameful’: Vivek Ramaswamy Says ‘Political Media’ Doing The ‘Bidding’ Of U.S. Government | Eastern North Carolina Now

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    Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy blasted the "political media" on Sunday, claiming they do the "bidding" of the United States government.

    During an appearance on "State of the Union" with host Dana Bash, Ramaswamy doubled down on his vow to pardon former President Donald Trump should Ramaswamy win the presidency and Trump be convicted on federal charges. Ramaswamy called the current system of government in the United States a "federal administrative police state" and said Trump's indictment was political.

    "With due respect, I think it is shameful that I, as a competitor to president Trump in this race, have to ask questions that the media isn't asking," Ramaswamy told Bash after the host said there is "no evidence" Biden had anything to do with the investigation or indictment.

    "The job of the political media if it has one job is to hold the U.S. government accountable. Instead ... you're seeing the media doing the bidding of the U.S. government."

    Ramaswamy implored Bash to ask the tough questions and to investigate what Biden may have told Attorney General Merrick Garland and what Garland told special counsel Jack Smith regarding the recent Trump indictment. Asking questions such as these could lead to the restoration of journalism in the United States, the presidential contender argued.

    "What I see in that document is deeply politicized," Ramaswamy said when asked if he stood by his pledge to pardon the former president. "Not a single mention of the Presidential Records Act - the most relevant statute to the actual alleged crime here."

    Ramaswamy called the indictment "selective prosecution" and said that it "reeks of politicization." But Ramaswamy said he does not think Trump's judgement in his handling of classified material was ideal if the accusations are true. Ramaswamy told Bash he would not have taken classified material with him, but if he did, he claims he would have returned them on demand.

    "There's a difference between a bad judgement and breaking the law," Ramaswamy argued. "And when, especially the federal police apparatus conflates the two, that's a threat to liberty for everyone. Not just President Trump, but every American where every misjudgement is treated as a violation of law."

    Bash asked the presidential contender whether it would be a "mistake" for Republicans to nominate Trump, given he faces not only federal charges but also a 34-count indictment in a separate New York case. In response, Ramaswamy said he himself is in the race to win it, arguing that the country needs to move forward.

    "I think we go forward with the agenda if we're grounded in first principles and moral authority," Ramaswamy told Bash. "But that's not for you or I - or certainly the federal administrative police state - to decide. That's for the people of this country to decide."

    A federal indictment from the Southern District of Florida unsealed on Friday shows 37 counts against Trump, including alleged violations of the Espionage Act. Trump told POLITICO the recent indictment wouldn't prevent him from continuing his campaign, saying he would "never leave" the race.

    Trump is expected to appear in court on Tuesday.

poll#157

Was it a judicious ploy for Joe Biden's FBI to execute the unprecedented raid of President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate?

  Yes; the Cheneys despise this former Republican president, and for good reason ... so they say.

  No; never has a former president been treated with this level of vindictive abuse by those temporarily in power.

  Who cares? It's Trump.

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poll#180

Now that the public is allowed to know the truth regarding the Hunter Biden Laptop Scandal, after more that 2 1/2 years of deception by the corrupt Corporate Media Kabal, propropagandidats all, and the discredited Deep State, we have NOW learned that the infamous laptop is far less about the Biden Boy's fetish for pornography, narcotics and Russian whores, and far more about Hunter's pivotal role in the Biden Crime Syndicate's selling of deep access to our foreign adversaries, and to what extent it has compromised our national security: What is your opinion about this possible coordinated Treason?

  It is imperative that we know the truth of what may be the greatest scandal in our Republic's history, and all aforementioned parties prosecuted for their crimes against the People.

  Currently, our Two Tiered Justice System is constructed to protect all Democratic Socialists, their corrupt "Journalist" spokes-sheople, and their Deep State enablers ... so why bother.

  It is Donald Trump's fault.

  How can we be assured that the "Laptop" is real? Would NOT our standard journalists have investigated this issue thoroughly nearly 3 years ago if it was real?

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poll#173

In the face of a known scandal finally being revealed by the corrupt Legacy Media regarding Joe Biden, his Mishandling of Classified Documents and his long history of Influence Peddling to our Foreign Adversaries for Personal and Familial Profit: What do you believe the outcome will be in America's Leftist practice of a Two Tiered Justice System?

  Nothing will happen since the Democratic Socialist Left is corrupt to the core, and their non patriot ambitions are only the control of power.

  Justice WILL be served, but NOT without a tremendous fight by those willing to save the Republic.

  Why can't everyone else understand that the Left is special because we care so much for our own, especially the well being of the president and his family, especially Hunter.

  What difference does it make; I am a product of a failed public education system.

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