Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel, Ramaswamy has increasingly generated controversy over his remarks about the U.S.’s role in the conflict.
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition on Oct. 28, 2023, in Las Vegas. | John Locher/APVivek Ramaswamy on Saturday addressed criticism of his Israel stance before a Jewish audience in Las Vegas, drawing both boos and applause for his various policy positions amid an escalating war in Gaza.
“Let me relieve some of the tension in the room this morning by calling out the elephant in the room: Many of you have heard my policy views described by the press as unfriendly to Israel. Some have even called me anti-Israel. That’s dead wrong,” Ramaswamy told the crowd. Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel, Ramaswamy has increasingly generated controversy over his remarks about the U.S.’s role in the conflict, and his suggestion that theIn an interview earlier this month with Tucker Carlson on X, Ramaswamy talked about the “selective nature of ignoring certain other conflicts” and U.S. interests, noting that he believes “there are, frankly, financial and corrupting influences that lead to speak the way they do.
He repeatedly referenced David Ben-Gurion, the primary national founder of the state of Israel and its first prime minister, noting that he is to Israel as George Washington is to the United States.
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