The Washington Post reports:
Vivek Ramaswamy last night attacked the debate moderators — NBC News anchors Lester Holt and Kristen Welker, and radio host Hugh Hewitt. Ramaswamy appeared to suggest that it was disappointing that the Republican Party would work with NBC News, which is not a conservative network.
“Think about who’s moderating this debate,” Ramaswamy said. “This should be Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan and Elon Musk — we’d have 10 times the viewership asking questions that GOP primary voters actually care about bringing more people into our party.”
Ramaswamy has built a campaign around framing himself as the next generation’s Trump and has long blasted the “mainstream media.” He has aligned himself with some of the most right-wing networks, but has appeared as a guest across networks.
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“We’ve become a party of losers … Think about who’s moderating the debate. This should be Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan, and Elon Musk.”
— Asked why voters should pick him over Trump, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy goes after RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel, the media, and NBC moderators. pic.twitter.com/GJiwS6scsT
— The Recount (@therecount) November 9, 2023
Ramaswamy: “We’ve become a party of losers – We got trounced last night” pic.twitter.com/DTq1nGrg26
— Polling USA (@USA_Polling) November 9, 2023
Ramaswamy: “We have become a party of losers at the end of the day. There is a cancer in the Republican establishment. Let’s speak the truth. Since Ronna McDaniel took over as chairwoman of the RNC in 2017, we lost in 2018, 2020. 2022 no red wave that never came. We got trounced… pic.twitter.com/kkVHcUXzjq
— Mona Salama (@ByMonaSalama) November 9, 2023