{"id":2020784,"date":"2023-09-03T11:17:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T15:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-doubles-down-on-voting-for-trump-if-hes-convicted\/"},"modified":"2023-09-03T11:19:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T15:19:22","slug":"ramaswamy-doubles-down-on-voting-for-trump-if-hes-convicted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-doubles-down-on-voting-for-trump-if-hes-convicted\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaswamy stands firm on supporting Trump despite conviction."},"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\">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%2Framaswamy-doubles-down-on-voting-for-trump-if-hes-convicted%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=2020784&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>GOP Candidate \u200bVivek Ramaswamy Stands\u2062 Firm on Support for Trump<\/h2>\n<p>GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is making headlines with\u2063 his \u2064unwavering support \u2063for former President Donald Trump. \u200dIn a recent \u200dinterview on ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This\u2062 Week,&#8221; Ramaswamy defended his stance, stating that he would vote for Trump even if he&#8217;s convicted and becomes the \u2062Republican presidential nominee.<\/p>\n<p>When\u200d asked about the implications of having \u2062a convicted felon as\u200b president, referring to Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-doubles-down-on-vaccine-mandate\/\" title=\"Biden admin. doubles down on vaccine mandate\">ongoing legal battles<\/a>, Ramaswamy dismissed the cases as &#8220;downright politicized\u200b persecutions.&#8221; He expressed concern about the potential erosion of democracy, stating, &#8220;I do not want to see us become\u2064 a &#8216;banana republic&#8217; where the administrative\u200d police state uses force to eliminate \u200bopponents \u2062from competition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s\u200b not the way it works,&#8221; Ramaswamy emphasized.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/trump-co-defendant-john-eastman-confident-about-fulton-county-trial-5485452\">Trump Co-Defendant John\u200d Eastman &#8216;Confident&#8217; About Fulton County\u2063 Trial<\/a> &#8211; 9\/2\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/after-booking-mugshot-trump-top-choice-for-most-republican-voters-poll-5485427\">After Booking, Mugshot, Trump Top\u200c Choice for Most Republican Voters:\u2062 Poll<\/a> &#8211; 9\/2\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ramaswamy made it clear that\u2063 his support for the Republican nominee is based \u2063on his belief in choosing the best candidate for the presidency. While he \u2063sees himself as a potential leader who \u200ccan unite the country, he acknowledges that if he&#8217;s not the nominee, \u200dhe expects Trump or whoever the Republican nominee is to be a\u200d better choice than the alternative.<\/p>\n<p>Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-western-leaders-will-not-stop-putin-by-force-they-should-help-negotiate-peace\/\" title=\"If Western Leaders Will Not Stop Putin By Force, They Should Help Negotiate Peace\">facing tough questions<\/a> from ABC&#8217;s George Stephanopoulos, Ramaswamy remained resolute in his position. \u2062He \u200bstated, &#8220;If Donald Trump&#8217;s the nominee, yes, I will support him. And if I&#8217;m the president, yes, I will\u2062 pardon him,\u2064 because that will help reunite the country. But it&#8217;s not the most important thing I&#8217;m going to do as the next president.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, Ramaswamy has experienced a surge in the polls following the \u200bfirst GOP debate. However, he also faced criticism from fellow\u200d Republican candidates \u200bduring the event, particularly \u200dregarding his stances on Ukraine, Israel, \u200cand other\u2062 topics.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump currently faces multiple legal cases, both at the \u200clocal and federal\u2062 levels, with dozens of charges against him. He has pleaded not guilty to \u2062all of them, denouncing the investigations\u200c as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-doubles-down-on-voting-for-trump-if-hes-convicted\/\" title=\"Ramaswamy stands firm on supporting Trump despite conviction.\">politically motivated witch hunts aimed<\/a> at sabotaging his chances of reelection.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent post on Truth Social, \u200bTrump&#8217;s \u200bsocial \u200bmedia platform, he expressed his belief that he is being unjustly\u2064 targeted by \u200da &#8220;highly partisan and corrupt system \u200cof injustice.&#8221; Trump claimed\u2064 that his opponent, who is allegedly losing in\u200b the polls,\u2062 is \u200dbehind these cases, which \u2064he believes are destroying the country.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Trump\u200b and\u200d his former lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, both \u2062pleaded not guilty to charges\u200d brought by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/19-year-old-arrested-in-calif-for-double-murder\/\" title=\"19-year-old arrested in Calif. for double murder\">district attorney&#8217;<\/a>s office in Fulton County, Georgia. Giuliani waived his right to appear at an\u2064 arraignment hearing, joining\u200c Trump and several others\u200b in avoiding a courtroom spectacle.<\/p>\n<p>Fulton County District\u2064 Attorney Fani Willis intends to try Trump, \u2064Giuliani, and 17 co-defendants \u2064together. \u200cHowever, legal battles have already begun, with numerous court filings since the indictment was filed on August\u200b 14.<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-gop-field-has-a-trump-dilemma-that-the-latest-indictment-has-only-made-worse\/\" title=\"The GOP field has a Trump dilemma that the latest indictment has only made worse\">political landscape continues<\/a> to evolve, Ramaswamy&#8217;s unwavering \u2062support for Trump sets him apart from other candidates and \u2062sparks further debate about the role \u2062of a convicted\u200c felon in the presidency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy reaffirmed his support for ex-President Donald Trump, stating he would vote for him if convicted and nominated as the Republican presidential candidate. When questioned on ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week,&#8221; Ramaswamy was asked if he believed it was acceptable for a felon to hold office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":2020785,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2020784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2020784","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\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2020784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2020784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2020785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2020784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2020784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2020784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}