{"id":2057335,"date":"2023-10-05T21:44:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T01:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protester-crashes-into-gop-presidential-candidates-car-gives-him-middle-finger-and-then-drives-off\/"},"modified":"2023-10-05T21:47:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T01:47:54","slug":"protester-crashes-into-gop-presidential-candidates-car-gives-him-middle-finger-and-then-drives-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protester-crashes-into-gop-presidential-candidates-car-gives-him-middle-finger-and-then-drives-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Protester crashes into GOP candidate&#8217;s car, flips him off, and flees."},"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%2Fprotester-crashes-into-gop-presidential-candidates-car-gives-him-middle-finger-and-then-drives-off%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=2057335&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>Protester Crashes Into GOP\u2063 Presidential Candidate&#8217;s\u200b Car, Gives \u200bHim Middle \u2063Finger and Then Drives Off<\/h2>\n<p>A car belonging\u200b to the campaign\u2064 of Republican \u200dpresidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was hit by protesters on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064incident took place outside a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-circuit-breaker-on-election-night\/\" title=\"The question looms: just how does it come to be that three quarters of Republican and nearly one third of Democrat voters all believe that the election was stolen from Trump?\">campaign event<\/a> in Grinnell, Iowa,\u200c according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siouxlandproud.com\/news\/politics\/ap-ramaswamy-says-protesters-slammed-a-car-into-his-vehicle-while-he-was-campaigning-in-iowa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Associated\u200c Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy\u2063 campaign representative \u2064Tricia \u2064McLaughlin said no one was in the\u200b vehicle when it was hit and\u00a0no one\u2062 was injured.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Two protesters, aged 22 \u200dand 26, rammed their vehicle into <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VivekGRamaswamy?\">@VivekGRamaswamy<\/a>\u2019s car as he visited Saints Rest Coffee House in Grinnell, Iowa\u200b on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-claims-he-would-sign-an-abortion-ban-after-first-trimester\/\" title=\"RFK Jr. asserts support for abortion ban beyond first trimester.\">2024 presidential \u200dhopeful<\/a> is not\u2062 hurt \u2063and was not\u200d in the car at the \u2063time of the incident. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/witPOe9uj1\">pic.twitter.com\/witPOe9uj1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Katelyn\u200c Caralle (@Katelyn_Caralle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Katelyn_Caralle\/status\/1710013630886916385?\">October 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-man-deliberately-crashes-suv-police-hq-wall-blaring-telling-tune-police-say\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Police<\/a> were called to the\u2062 scene and \u2063the campaign filed a police \u2062report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThings clearly escalated,\u201d McLaughlin said. \u200b\u201c[Ramaswamy] \u2064 is \u2063used to\u2063 dealing with protesters and \u200chandled\u2063 it very calmly. So he was maybe a little more calm about it than the rest of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According \u2062to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/protesters-hit-ramaswamy-campaign-vehicle-outside-iowa-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, the driver of the car and a passenger had been\u2063 swearing at Ramaswamy, blaring the car horn\u200c and giving him the middle finger.<\/p>\n<p>The car, a Honda Civic, \u2063drove \u2063off after slamming into the rear end\u200d of Ramaswamy\u2019s parked SUV. \u201cThe campaign could not definitively \u200bsay whether it was intentional,\u201d Fox\u2064 reported.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/super-pac-ad-shows-ramaswamy-seemingly-ripping-off-obama-quotes-speeches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ramaswamy<\/a> posted about the incident\u200b on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHad \u2063a \u200dcivil exchange with protestors\u200b today, right before two of them then got into their car &#038; rammed it into \u2064ours. Those \u200ctwo should\u200c be held accountable, but \u2064the rest of the \u2064peaceful protestors shouldn\u2019t be tarred by \u2063the behavior of two bad actors,\u201d he \u2062said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>WARNING:\u2063 The \u2064following video contains language \u200cthat some viewers may find offensive.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Had a civil exchange with \u200bprotestors \u200btoday, right before two of them \u2064then got into their\u200d car &#038; \u2064rammed it \u2062into ours.\u2064 Those two\u200b should be held accountable, \u200dbut the \u2064rest of \u2062the peaceful protestors\u2063 shouldn\u2019t be tarred by the behavior\u200b of two bad\u200b actors. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AePWupLDEj\">https:\/\/t.co\/AePWupLDEj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u200d Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\/status\/1710033161290240482?\">October 5, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/pro-life-women-70s-found-guilty-felony-protesting-dc-abortion-clinic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Protesters<\/a> called Ramaswamy an \u201ca**hole\u201d and\u2064 told him to \u201cprotect\u200b trans kids.\u201d Another asked him, \u201cWhat\u2019s\u2063 it like\u2063 being the punching bag\u2064 of the [Republican National Committee]?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe RNC\u2019s corrupt,\u201d Ramaswamy responded. \u201cI think \u200bboth political parties are pretty corrupt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The candidate also spoke with one protester who told him, \u201cMy mom\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuesday-september-28th-2021\/\" title=\"Tuesday | September 28th, 2021\">public school worker<\/a> and she deserves to \u2063be paid and respected!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI \u2062think every person\u2063 deserves to be respected but we are \u200bfailing \u200bto do\u200c right\u2062 by our kids in\u2063 this country,\u201d Ramaswamy said. \u201cOur <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/protester-crashes-into-gop-presidential-candidates-car-gives-him-middle-finger-and-then-drives-off\/\" title=\"Protester crashes into GOP candidate's car, flips him off, and flees.\">achievement gap versus<\/a> other countries is bad and we\u2019re all\u200b in that together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut here\u2019s what I will \u200csay: The beauty of this \u2063country \u200bis\u200c that you all have the right to express your\u2062 opinions and you\u2019re doing it peacefully. And even though I disagree with you, \u2062I\u2019m proud of you for\u2063 expressing\u200b your views,\u201d he said\u200c as the \u200dprotester talked over \u2064him.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"ad-container desktop ad-h-50 ad-w-300\">\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>A Note from Our Staff:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Did you know that 90 percent of advertisers will have \u200dnothing to do with The Western Journal?\u2062 The liberal elites have put us on \u2062one of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-see-wholesome-overseas-mcdonalds-ad-realize-what-the-companys-doing-here\/\" title=\"Overseas McDonald's ad reveals company's true intentions\">financial kill lists<\/a>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They did it because \u200dwe\u2019ve told the truth and spoken out against them\u2063 for over a\u200b decade. 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Please <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/join-monthly\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>subscribe today<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you\u2064 for reading The Western Journal!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The \u2063post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/protester-crashes-gop-presidential-candidates-car-gives-middle-finger-drives-off\/\">Protester Crashes Into GOP Presidential Candidate&#8217;s \u200dCar, Gives \u200bHim\u200c Middle Finger and Then Drives Off<\/a> appeared first \u200con <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200dCan\u200b you\u200b provide more details about the incident and the individuals involved in the protest<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Protester Crashes \u200bInto\u200c GOP Presidential \u200cCandidate&#8217;s\u200b Car, Gives \u200bHim Middle Finger and Then Drives Off<\/p>\n<p>A\u2063 car belonging to the\u2062 campaign of\u200b Republican presidential \u2064candidate Vivek\u200c Ramaswamy was hit by protesters on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place outside a campaign event\u2063 in \u200bGrinnell, Iowa, according \u2064to The Associated\u200c Press.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy\u200c campaign representative \u2064Tricia McLaughlin said no one was in\u2062 the vehicle when it was hit \u2063and\u2062 no one was injured.<\/p>\n<p>Two protesters, aged 22 and 26, rammed their vehicle into @VivekGRamaswamy\u2019s car as he \u2062visited \u2063Saints \u2063Rest Coffee House in Grinnell, \u2064Iowa on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 \u200bpresidential \u200chopeful is not\u2062 hurt \u2063and was not\u200d\u2063 in \u2063the car at the \u2063time of the incident. pic.twitter.com\/witPOe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters hit a car from Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy&#8217;s campaign in Grinnell, Iowa. 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