Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy turned the tables on NBC moderators Lester Holt and Kristen Welker at the third Republican presidential debate on Wednesday. Ramaswamy cited the numerous hoaxes propagated by the network — including the baseless Trump-Russian collusion hoax — and asked the hosts to explain themselves.
When asked why he should be the nominee, Ramaswamy pointed to the largely disappointing election results for the Republican Party in recent cycles and argued that he would inject new ideas.
“I think there’s something deeper going on in the Republican Party here, and I am upset about what happened last night. We’ve become a party of losers at the end of the day. We’ve canceled the Republican establishment,” he said. “Let’s speak the truth. I mean since Ronna McDaniel took over as chairwoman of the RNC in 2017, we have lost 2018, 2020, 2022 no red wave that never came. We got trounced last night in 2023 and I think that we have to have accountability in our party.”
Ramaswamy went on to note that the Democratic Party would never allow debate moderators who are critical of the party, flipping the script on NBC’s Kristen Welker and…
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