{"id":1978777,"date":"2023-07-20T17:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T21:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-soros-family-help-vivek-ramaswamy-go-to-law-school\/"},"modified":"2023-07-20T17:21:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T21:21:19","slug":"fact-check-did-the-soros-family-help-vivek-ramaswamy-go-to-law-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-soros-family-help-vivek-ramaswamy-go-to-law-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Did the Soros family assist Vivek Ramaswamy in attending law school?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-the-soros-family-help-vivek-ramaswamy-go-to-law-school%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1978777&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>2024 Election: Ramaswamy Addresses Accusations in Twitter Video<\/h2>\n<p>As America barrels toward the 2024 primary and \u200bgeneral election, the\u2063 cast of main \u2063characters is becoming clear.<\/p>\n<p>On the Democratic side, it will almost assuredly be President\u2064 Joe Biden on the ticket, though Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is doing his\u2063 best to crash \u200dthe party.<\/p>\n<p>On the Republican side, former President \u2063Donald \u2064Trump and \u200bFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis have separated themselves from the rest\u2063 of the field (with Trump holding \u2064an early, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-newsom-opens-bigger-lead-in-calif-recall\/\" title=\"Poll: Newsom Opens Bigger Lead In Calif. Recall\">comfortable lead<\/a>) \u2014\u200c but \u200dVivek Ramaswamy is \u200cclearly drawing the attention of somebody.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy,\u200d who\u200c has surged\u2064 to fourth place in the\u200b Real Clear Politics <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/2024\/president\/us\/2024_republican_presidential_nomination-7548.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">average of polls<\/a> (just behind former Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pence-gets-terrible-news-clash-tucker-deathblow-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Pence<\/a>), has found himself the\u200b target of \u200ba number of \u201cgotcha!\u201d accusations of late, including that he is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An agent\u2062 of the World Economic Forum<\/li>\n<li>Connected to George Soros<\/li>\n<li>Bought \u2064by the Soros family<\/li>\n<li>Pro-COVID masking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ramaswamy \u2064chose to tackle those accusations \u200bhead-on in a video he posted to Twitter\u200d on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We\u2019re \u200dsurging. The knives \u200dare out. \u201cWEF.\u201d \u201cSoros.\u201d \u201cMasks.\u201d Here\u2019s the TRUTH. Stay skeptical. \u200dKeep the questions coming &#038; I\u2019ll keep answering.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eOjKTRndZu\">pic.twitter.com\/eOjKTRndZu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\/status\/1681783279496699904?\">July \u206219, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Addressing the Accusations<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cWhat is my relationship with the World Economic Forum?\u201d Ramaswamy began. \u201cAnswer: None, other than \u200dbeing probably their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/softballs-and-adoration-read-the-questions-reporters-have-asked-bidens-press-secretary\/\" title=\"Softballs And Adoration: Read The \u2018Questions\u2019 Reporters Have Asked Biden\u2019s Press Secretary\">biggest critic<\/a> here in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He \u2064explained that the WEF\u200d \u201cnamed me on a \u2062list of so-called young global \u2063leaders. \u200cThey\u2063 did it despite the fact that I turned down their award. They kept my name on that list despite the fact that I repeatedly asked them to take\u200d it off because I did not \u2062share \u200dtheir values. I\u2019m an \u2062opponent\u200b of\u200b it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy said he even sued the \u2063WEF for refusing \u200bto remove his\u200b name from the list. That lawsuit was filed in\u00a0April, according to the \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/04\/19\/dont-use-my-name-vivek-ramaswamy-tells-world-economic-forum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP candidate then addressed the Soros allegations, flat-out stating that he is in no way connected\u2064 to the far-left \u2064Hungarian billionaire.<\/p>\n<p>As for the money he purportedly took from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/george-soros-given-control-empire-handed-reins-much-worse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soros family<\/a>, Ramaswamy \u200dwas upfront about it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2010,\u200c I won\u200c a scholarship when I was 24, 25 years old, headed to law school, that was partly funded by, not George Soros, but Paul Soros, who\u2019s \u200ca\u2062 relative, a brother\u200b of George Soros, who made his money independently, who, by \u200bthe way, is now dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Ramaswamy\u2063 is\u2062 listed as a fellow on\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdsoros.org\/meet-the-fellows\/vivek-ramaswamy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> of the Paul &#038; Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy \u2062added, \u201cAnd you know \u2062what? If I \u200chad turned down that\u2062 scholarship back then, \u2063that would\u2019ve been so foolish that anybody \u2063that foolish probably should have\u2064 no place anywhere near the White House doing trade \u200ddeals on behalf \u2062of this\u2064 country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Ramaswamy addressed the masking controversy,\u2064 which appears to have been dredged up by a popular pro-Trump Twitter account:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Here is Vivek supporting masks and being upset at conservatives that opposed them<\/p>\n<p>If you look back more than 6 months \u200dinto this guy\u2019s past, you\u2019ll see he\u2019s a soft, mushy clown \u2063who learned to say\u2062 a bunch of buzzwords conservatives love in 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4rfz8VupwT\">https:\/\/t.co\/4rfz8VupwT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hfvAgpAZwl\">pic.twitter.com\/hfvAgpAZwl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2062DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DC_Draino\/status\/1680922348810129408?\">July 17, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In July 2020, Ramaswamy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\/status\/1281108171105333248?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> that \u201cwearing a mask = personal responsibility\u201d and\u200d said it \u2063was \u2062\u201cpuzzling \u2062when conservatives \u2062oppose it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy now attributes that tweet \u200bto \u200dhis \u201canti-government instincts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained in the video that his inclination to approve \u200bof masks was \u200dbecause of the government and Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rand-paul-sets-sights-fauci-letter-ag-garland-land-doctor-jail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthony Fauci<\/a> telling Americans not to buy them to make sure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/celebrate-the-truth-politifact-announces-festival-of-fact-checking-with-special-guests-anthony-fauci-and-cnns-brian-stelter\/\" title=\"\u2018Celebrate The Truth!\u2019 PolitiFact Announces \u2018Festival Of Fact-Checking,\u2019 With Special Guests Anthony Fauci and CNN\u2019s Brian Stelter\">health care professionals<\/a> were properly stocked.<\/p>\n<p>So to\u200c recap:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ramaswamy is tied \u2064to \u2062the WEF\u2062 effectively against his will.<\/li>\n<li>He claims he has no connection to George Soros.<\/li>\n<li>However,\u200b he did accept a scholarship funded by Soros\u2019 brother.<\/li>\n<li>He admits to \u200ctaking an \u201canti-government\u201d pro-masking stance once upon a time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On Friday,\u2062 Ramaswamy <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\/status\/1679868793449852931\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> that he had received enough unique donations to qualify for the\u2063 first Republican primary debate.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fact-check-soros-family-help-vivek-ramaswamy-go-law-school\/\">Fact-Check: Did the Soros\u2063 Family Help\u2062 Vivek Ramaswamy Go to \u200cLaw School?<\/a> \u2063 appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the 2024 primary and general election approach, America&#8217;s main characters are emerging. President Joe Biden is likely to represent the Democrats, while Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attempts to disrupt their plans. 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