Vivek Ramaswamy: Donald Trump Was Not Responsible for What Happened on Jan. 6th

Ramaswamy It s another ░░░░░░░░ moment in our country ░░░░░░░░ history The 45th president ░░░░░░░░ the United States Donald ░░░░░░░░ has yet again been ░░░░░░░░ by the Biden DoJ ░░░░░░░░ political party in power ░░░░░░░░ is now repeatedly using ░░░░░░░░ force to indict and ░░░░░░░░ and potentially eliminate its ░░░░░░░░ opponents from competition This ░░░░░░░░ a politicized prosecution It ░░░░░░░░ a political persecution through ░░░░░░░░ now in a third ░░░░░░░░ just in a matter ░░░░░░░░ months against the person ░░░░░░░░ is still at present ░░░░░░░░ lead contender in the ░░░░░░░░ primary for U S ░░░░░░░░ I want to be ░░░░░░░░ clear I am running ░░░░░░░░ U S president in ░░░░░░░░ same Republican primary It ░░░░░░░░ be easier for me ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump were eliminated ░░░░░░░░ competition That s not ░░░░░░░░ I want to win ░░░░░░░░ is not about politics ░░░░░░░░ me This is about ░░░░░░░░ principles We do not ░░░░░░░░ to become a country ░░░░░░░░ the party in power ░░░░░░░░ able to use banana ░░░░░░░░ like tactics to eliminate ░░░░░░░░ political opponents Yet I ░░░░░░░░ sad to say that ░░░░░░░░ exactly where we are ░░░░░░░░ allegations in this indictment ░░░░░░░░ flat It is wrong ░░░░░░░░ incorrect and inaccurate to ░░░░░░░░ blame for what happened ░░░░░░░░ January 6th at the ░░░░░░░░ of Donald Trump I ░░░░░░░░ this at the time ░░░░░░░░ ve said it ever ░░░░░░░░ then I continued to ░░░░░░░░ it today I would ░░░░░░░░ have made the same ░░░░░░░░ that Donald Trump did ░░░░░░░░ how he handled that ░░░░░░░░ but that s different ░░░░░░░░ saying that he committed ░░░░░░░░ crime He did not ░░░░░░░░ specifically told the protesters ░░░░░░░░ day to behave peacefully ░░░░░░░░ First Amendment in this ░░░░░░░░ gives political protesters the ░░░░░░░░ to express themselves and ░░░░░░░░ opinions freely Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ not responsible for what ░░░░░░░░ on January 6th You ░░░░░░░░ to know what was ░░░░░░░░ I said this in ░░░░░░░░ days after January 6 ░░░░░░░░ just as I say ░░░░░░░░ today systematic pervasive censorship ░░░░░░░░ this country That was ░░░░░░░░ a year where we ░░░░░░░░ told people across this ░░░░░░░░ that you had to ░░░░░░░░ locked down in your ░░░░░░░░ in your basement and ░░░░░░░░ up sit down do ░░░░░░░░ you re told If ░░░░░░░░ question that you re ░░░░░░░░ you re anti science ░░░░░░░░ social media accounts were ░░░░░░░░ you had to stay ░░░░░░░░ and lock down unless ░░░░░░░░ were part of BLM ░░░░░░░░ Antifa in which case ░░░░░░░░ was perfectly fine to ░░░░░░░░ the streets of this ░░░░░░░░ and burn many of ░░░░░░░░ down That was the ░░░░░░░░ standard that then applied ░░░░░░░░ said that if you ░░░░░░░░ the virus originated in ░░░░░░░░ in Wuhan you were ░░░░░░░░ a racist and had ░░░░░░░░ internet accounts shut down ░░░░░░░░ were then told you ░░░░░░░░ an election where you ░░░░░░░░ express yourself to put ░░░░░░░░ right person in charge ░░░░░░░░ fixing these problems and ░░░░░░░░ your accounts were suppressed ░░░░░░░░ you sent a mere ░░░░░░░░ saying that the Hunter ░░░░░░░░ laptop story from the ░░░░░░░░ York Post was real ░░░░░░░░ had your accounts locked ░░░░░░░░ the New York Post ░░░░░░░░ its own account locked ░░░░░░░░ if you repeatedly then ░░░░░░░░ people they cannot speak ░░░░░░░░ is when they scream ░░░░░░░░ you repeatedly tell people ░░░░░░░░ cannot scream that is ░░░░░░░░ they tear things down ░░░░░░░░ I think we are ░░░░░░░░ a grave mistake in ░░░░░░░░ country by trying to ░░░░░░░░ the blame for that ░░░░░░░░ the feet of one ░░░░░░░░ If we refuse to ░░░░░░░░ our mistakes from our ░░░░░░░░ in the past we ░░░░░░░░ doomed to suffer an ░░░░░░░░ worse fate in the ░░░░░░░░ I worry that will ░░░░░░░░ a country where January ░░░░░░░░ 2021 was a friendly ░░░░░░░░ compared to what s ░░░░░░░░ to come I m ░░░░░░░░ for president to make ░░░░░░░░ we don t March ░░░░░░░░ some kind of national ░░░░░░░░ but the first and ░░░░░░░░ important step that we ░░░░░░░░ candidates can take in ░░░░░░░░ race is to speak ░░░░░░░░ speak forcefully on the ░░░░░░░░ of principle to say ░░░░░░░░ even if were competing ░░░░░░░░ Donald Trump as I ░░░░░░░░ I do not want ░░░░░░░░ see him eliminated from ░░░░░░░░ using these politicized tactics ░░░░░░░░ is wrong for our ░░░░░░░░ It is wrong for ░░░░░░░░ future I call on ░░░░░░░░ fellow candidates to condemn ░░░░░░░░ and I call on ░░░░░░░░ Biden to do the ░░░░░░░░ thing and drop these ░░░░░░░░ charges That s gonna ░░░░░░░░ a first step towards ░░░░░░░░ our country.”