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Just days ahead of the Iowa Caucuses, former President Trump launched his first public attacks against Vivek Ramaswamy. Trump and his campaign maligned Ramaswamy as a "fraud," who does not represent the MAGA movement. Ramaswamy had been extremely supportive of Trump, and often slammed other Republican challengers.
Trump delivered a scathing critique of Ramaswamy in a post shared on the Truth Social platform.
"Vivek started his campaign as a great supporter, āthe best President in generations,ā etc,ā Trump said on Saturday night. āUnfortunately, now all he does is disguise his support in the form of deceitful campaign tricks. Very sly, but a vote for Vivek is a vote for the āother sideā ā donāt get duped by this."
"Vote for āTRUMP,ā donāt waste your vote! Vivek is not MAGA," Trump ranted. "The Biden Indictments against his Political Opponent will never be allowed in this Country, they are already beginning to fall! MAGA!!!ā
Ramaswamy responded, "Itās an unfortunate move by his campaign advisors, I donāt think friendly fire is helpful," Ramaswamy began. "Donald Trump was the greatest President of the 21st century, and Iām not going to criticize him in response to this late attack.""Iāve stood up against the persecutions against Trump, and Iāve defended him at every step," he continued. "I showed up at the Miami courthouse in solidarity following his first federal indictment. I filed a FOIA demand to the Biden DOJ. I submitted an amicus brief this week with the U.S. Supreme Court calling on them to overturn Coloradoās ruling. I pledged to remove myself from Maineās & Coloradoās primary ballots if they remove Trump, calling on DeSantis and Haley to do the same."
Without naming names, Ramaswamy claimed that "billionaires" are funding the lawsuits against Trump and "trying to prop up Nikki Haley."
He also said that the mainstream media desires a "two-horse race" between Trump and Haley, but will "eliminate Trump (one way or other)" before the 2024 election so Haley can become president.
After hearing this, Trump responded, "Don't care, Ramaswamy is nothing more than a slimy Swamp turd", scowled Trump.
Ramaswamy's eyes then began to fill with tears saying, "That's me, MAGA turd!!" "And no, I don't think what he said was racist in any way."