Ramaswamy leads GOP primary rivals in addressing Georgia case after Trump’s indictment.
Vivek Ramaswamy Responds to Trump’s Indictment: “Politicized Persecutions Through Prosecution”
Vivek Ramaswamy, a 2024 Republican presidential candidate, took a stand on Monday night following the indictment of former President Donald Trump over his alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia. He was the only candidate to do so, besides Trump himself.
“The reality is this — these are politicized persecutions through prosecution,” Ramaswamy stated during a NewsNation town hall. “And I say this as somebody who’s running in some polls third, and some polls, like today’s, second. It would be a lot easier for me if Donald Trump were not in this primary. But that is not how I want to win this election.”
Ramaswamy’s campaign also referred to a tweet from the candidate, in response to a published document by Reuters that caused speculation about Trump’s involvement in the indictment.
“It’s downright pathetic that Fulton County publicly posted the indictment on its website even before the grand jury had finished convening,” Ramaswamy wrote. He suggested that Trump should “immediately file a motion to dismiss for a constitutional due process violation for publicly issuing an indictment before the grand jury had actually signed one.” Ramaswamy even offered to author an amicus brief to the court on behalf of Trump.
Speculation about the indictment circulated throughout Monday, with Reuters reporting on a document that listed Trump’s name alongside numerous crimes. The document was briefly available on the court’s website before being deleted.
Representatives for other prominent Republicans, including Gov. Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Tim Scott, and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, did not provide comment on the indictment.
Sen. Tim Scott may address the development at the Iowa State Fair on Tuesday, where he is scheduled to participate in a ”fair-side chat with Gov. Kim Reynolds.”
After Trump’s previous indictment earlier this month, Nikki Haley expressed her fatigue with responding to his legal troubles.
“Unlike the other candidates, I didn’t rush out with a statement yesterday on Trump’s indictment for one simple reason — like most Americans, I’m tired of commenting on every Trump drama,” Haley said on the Good Morning New Hampshire with Jack Heath radio show. “I’ve lost track of whether this indictment is the third or fourth or the fifth.”
Before Trump’s name was revealed in the indictment, his campaign accused Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis of “election interference” by bringing forth “bogus indictments.”
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