{"id":2013832,"date":"2023-08-27T20:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T00:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-have-a-mental-health-epidemic-in-this-country-ramaswamy-on-jacksonville-shooting\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T20:36:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T00:36:54","slug":"we-have-a-mental-health-epidemic-in-this-country-ramaswamy-on-jacksonville-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-have-a-mental-health-epidemic-in-this-country-ramaswamy-on-jacksonville-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental health crisis plagues Jacksonville shooting, says Ramaswamy."},"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\">16<\/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%2Fwe-have-a-mental-health-epidemic-in-this-country-ramaswamy-on-jacksonville-shooting%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=2013832&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Pharmaceutical Executive Calls for Action on Mental Health \u200cEpidemic<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pharmaceutical executive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/vivek-ramaswamy\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a> responded passionately to the recent shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, where a racially motivated shooter took the lives of \u200dthree <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/demi-lovato-happens-against-gender-reveal-celebrations-there-are-males-with-vaginas-and-women-with-penises\/\" title=\"Demi Lovato HAPPENS Against Gender Reveal Celebrations: \u2018There Are Males With Vaginas And Women With Penises\u2019\">black individuals<\/a>. In an interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2023\/08\/27\/sotu-ramaswamy-full.cnn\">CNN&#8217;s<\/a> &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; with host Dana Bash, Ramaswamy \u2064expressed his deep concern about the incident.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ramaswamy, who is running\u2064 for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, emphasized the urgent need to \u200baddress the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/we-have-a-mental-health-epidemic-in-this-country-ramaswamy-on-jacksonville-shooting\/\" title=\"Mental health crisis plagues Jacksonville shooting, says Ramaswamy.\">mental health epidemic plaguing<\/a> \u2064the country. He highlighted reports suggesting that the\u200c shooter had \u2062previously been evaluated for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-year-old-girl-pepper-sprayed-during-interaction-with-rochester-police\/\" title=\"9-Year-Old Girl Pepper Sprayed During Interaction With Rochester Police\">mental health issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We cannot \u2064tolerate such tragic events in \u2062the United States of America. It is simply wrong,&#8221; Ramaswamy asserted. \u2062&#8221;We are facing a\u2064 mental\u2063 health crisis, and it demands\u200c our immediate attention. We must have the courage to reintroduce the practice of placing mentally ill individuals who\u200d pose a risk\u200b to their communities into psychiatric institutions. Merely medicating them is not enough. We need faith-based and other approaches that address our deep longing \u200cfor purpose and meaning in this country. Our leaders must have the courage to tackle this mental \u2062health epidemic head-on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When Bash mentioned\u2064 that the shooter had left\u200b behind three \u2063manifestos, explicitly stating \u2064his intent to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-googles-head-of-diversity-was-white-and-anti-black-they-would-have-fired-him-why-wasnt-their-black-head-of-diversity-fired-for-anti-semitism\/\" title=\"If Google\u2019s \u2018Head Of Diversity\u2019 Was White And Anti-Black, They Would Have Fired Him. Why Wasn\u2019t Their Black \u2018Head Of Diversity\u2019 Fired For Anti-Semitism?\">target black people<\/a>,\u2062 Ramaswamy condemned the act as &#8220;heinous&#8221; and deserving of condemnation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ramaswamy\u2064 also defended \u200bhis previous remarks comparing \u200cCongresswoman Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) to &#8220;modern grand wizards\u200d of \u200bthe modern KKK&#8221; after\u200d she made a controversial statement. When Bash criticized him for his comments, Ramaswamy\u200c argued that the media often focuses on fringe remarks instead of addressing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/papa-john-says-pr-company-planted-racism-allegations-after-he-would-not-pay-6m\/\" title=\"\u2018Papa John\u2019 Says PR Company Planted Racism Allegations After He Would Not Pay M\">core issues<\/a> he was discussing.<\/p>\n<h3>Addressing Climate Change<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">During the interview, Bash questioned Ramaswamy&#8217;s stance on climate change, asking if his solution was simply to \u2062build taller buildings and improve air conditioning and heating systems.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, that&#8217;s not the entirety of \u2062my\u200c solution,&#8221; Ramaswamy clarified. &#8220;I believe we \u200bneed a\u200b comprehensive approach to our use of fossil fuels, enabling us to live more advanced \u200clives that protect us from all risks, not just those related to climate change. Currently,\u2064 many people are dying due to\u2064 a\u200c lack of access to energy, not\u200c because of climate change itself. The models you described are poorly constructed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pharmaceutical executive Vivek Ramaswamy addressed the Jacksonville shooting, emphasizing the mental health crisis in the US. As a 2024 GOP presidential nominee, he joined CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; with Dana Bash, who inquired about his stance on the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2013833,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2013832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/2013832","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\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2013833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}