{"id":2006228,"date":"2023-08-20T12:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T16:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-fires-back-at-desantis-calling-trump-supporters-listless-vessels\/"},"modified":"2023-08-20T12:09:31","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T16:09:31","slug":"vivek-ramaswamy-fires-back-at-desantis-calling-trump-supporters-listless-vessels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-fires-back-at-desantis-calling-trump-supporters-listless-vessels\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivek Ramaswamy responds to DeSantis, criticizes Trump supporters as &#8216;unenthusiastic followers&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fvivek-ramaswamy-fires-back-at-desantis-calling-trump-supporters-listless-vessels%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=2006228&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>Vivek Ramaswamy Slams \u200cGov. Ron DeSantis for Dismissing Trump Supporters<\/h2>\n<p>Vivek \u200cRamaswamy strongly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youtube-suspends-demonetizes-one-america-news-network\/\" title=\"YouTube Suspends, Demonetizes One America News Network\">criticized<\/a> Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for referring to those who blindly follow former \u200dPresident Donald Trump as &#8220;listless vessels.&#8221; In a fiery post on X, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> formerly known as Twitter, \u200bRamaswamy\u200b expressed his concerns about the rise of robot politicians who mindlessly obey their Super PACs.<\/p>\n<h3>Three\u200c High-Profile Bills the California\u2063 Legislature Will Hear \u200dBefore Session Ends<\/h3>\n<p>During an \u200dinterview on\u2062 Friday, DeSantis dismissed the notion that \u200da movement \u2062can revolve around one\u200b person, \u2062specifically Trump. He vehemently denied being a RINO (Republican in name only), calling such claims &#8220;totally fabricated.&#8221; DeSantis emphasized \u2063the \u200dimportance\u200d of being rooted in principles and warned against blindly\u200b following whatever is \u2063dictated on Truth Social every morning.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s campaign responded to DeSantis&#8217; remarks, \u2063demanding an apology from his \u20632024 Republican opponent. The tension between Ramaswamy and DeSantis escalated \u200dafter \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fellow-democrats-suggest-sen-joe-manchin-is-racist-sexist-for-opposing-biden-pick-neera-tanden\/\" title=\"Fellow Democrats Suggest Sen. Joe Manchin Is Racist, Sexist For Opposing Biden Pick Neera Tanden\">vivek<\/a>-ramaswamy-fires-back-at-desantis-calling-trump-supporters-listless-vessels\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Vivek Ramaswamy responds to DeSantis, criticizes Trump supporters as &#8216;unenthusiastic followers&#8217;.&#8221;>leaked opposition research memo<\/a> from DeSantis&#8217; super PAC, Never Back \u2064Down, suggested using derogatory labels like &#8220;FakeVivek&#8221; or &#8220;Vivek the Fake&#8221; during the upcoming Republican debate.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy, however, chose to focus on his own\u200d campaign rather than engaging in personal attacks. In \u200can interview\u2063 on Fox News, he criticized the \u200dreliance \u200con prepped lines and millions of dollars to\u2063 prop up super PAC puppets.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis distanced himself from the \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-cumulus-media-employees-are-required-to-receive-covid-vaccine-before-returning-to-the-office-leaked-memo-reveals\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Cumulus Media Employees Are Required To Receive COVID Vaccine Before Returning To The Office, Leaked Memo Reveals\">leaked memo<\/a>, denying any involvement and claiming he had never read it during an appearance on Fox News. The Washington Examiner reached out to DeSantis&#8217;s campaign for further comment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vivek Ramaswamy criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for labeling Trump supporters as &#8220;listless vessels.&#8221; Ramaswamy warned about the threat posed by robot-like politicians who mindlessly obey Super PACs. He shared his thoughts on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2006229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2006228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2006228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2006228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2006229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2006228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2006228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2006228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}