{"id":2327443,"date":"2024-08-20T11:27:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T15:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-tweet-allegedly-showing-vivek-ramaswamy-criticizing-trump-campaign-is-fake\/"},"modified":"2024-08-20T11:31:27","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T15:31:27","slug":"fact-check-tweet-allegedly-showing-vivek-ramaswamy-criticizing-trump-campaign-is-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-tweet-allegedly-showing-vivek-ramaswamy-criticizing-trump-campaign-is-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Tweet Allegedly Showing Vivek Ramaswamy Criticizing Trump Campaign is Fake"},"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\">24<\/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-tweet-allegedly-showing-vivek-ramaswamy-criticizing-trump-campaign-is-fake%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=2327443&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--><p>A Facebook post claims to share a \u2063tweet from Vivek Ramaswamy, a\u2064 former Republican presidential \u200ccandidate, criticizing Donald Trump&#8217;s \u200bcampaign for focusing on\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chris-christie-knocks-trump-over-smaller-crowd-sizes-at-cpac-hes-not-what-he-used-to-be\/\" title=\"Chris Christie knocks Trump over smaller crowd sizes at CPAC: &#039;He\u2019s not what he used to be&#039;\">crowd sizes<\/a> instead of policy issues. However, \u200dthis claim is \u200bfalse as the tweet originates from an \u200bimpersonation account that misrepresents Ramaswamy&#8217;s\u200d content.\u200c The \u200dtrue post \u200dis from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-mocked-for-bizarre-exchange-about-mental-health-with-elmo\/\" title=\"Biden ridiculed for strange mental health conversation... with Elmo\">parody\u200b account<\/a> that misspells Ramaswamy\u2019s name and is clearly marked as satire. In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/justice-department-asks-court-to-deny-steve-bannon-prison-delay\/\" title=\"Justice Department requests court to reject Steve Bannon&#039;s request to postpone prison time\">broader political context<\/a>, Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris has been vocal in her\u200d criticisms of\u2063 Trump, suggesting he\u2062 lacks courage in his\u200d political rhetoric, especially following her recent\u200c economic proposals.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>A post shared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/westvirginiawomensmarch\/posts\/pfbid02Vdcq91mhMxCJu88w8TaX9SmeZZKXqZ5u5w3c7uhF8JUBiHsvDzeo5BEYmxNrKA6zl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> claims to show a tweet from entrepreneur and former Republican Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy criticizing former President Donald Trump&rsquo;s campaign for focusing on &ldquo;crowd sizes&rdquo; rather than policy issues.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The tweet is not from Ramaswamy&rsquo;s official account, but rather an impersonation account. The former candidate has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-president-trump-is-traveling-to-gettysburg-to-meet-with-gop-lawmakers\/\" title=\"Reports: President Trump Is Traveling to Gettysburg to Meet with GOP Lawmakers\">recently called<\/a> for a &ldquo;reset&rdquo; of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Vice President and presumptive Presidential nominee Kamala Harris recently appeared to call Trump a &ldquo;coward&rdquo; while attacking his rhetoric and remarks, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-vance-hitting-campaign-trail-all-week-counter-program-democrats-convention\">Fox News<\/a>. The remarks come after Harris released her economic plan during a campaign stop in North Carolina, which some economist warning the plan, especially regarding price-gouging, could result in &ldquo;shortages of goods,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Business\/harris-unveils-economic-plans-inflation-housing-economists\/story?id=112892305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ABC News<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook post appears to show a post from Ramaswamy on X, formerly known as Twitter, criticizing the Trump campaign for their focus on crowd sizes rather than policy. &ldquo;We should be focusing on attacking Kamala&rsquo;s flawed policies and lack of experience,&rdquo; the post reads in part. &ldquo;Not getting distracted by unproductive arguments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No worries, Vivek! We&rsquo;re sure he&rsquo;ll take your advice,&rdquo; the post&rsquo;s caption reads.<\/p>\n<p>The post is not from Ramaswamy&rsquo;s official account. The original post, uploaded on Aug. 11, stems from a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VivekRammaswamy\/status\/1822715730841755894\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">parody account<\/a> misspelling Ramaswamy&rsquo;s last name. In addition, the username, along with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-viral-video-does-not-depict-motorcyclists-heading-to-the-rnc\/\" title=\"The viral video does not depict motorcyclists heading to the RNC\">user&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s bio, indicates the post is satirical.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It damages Trump&rsquo;s campaign to claim something is AI when it clearly isn&rsquo;t. Call me a sellout if you want, but I don&rsquo;t want Trump to lose over this trivial narrative about crowd sizes. He&rsquo;s surrounded by bad advisors who are pushing this nonsense. We should be focusing on&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy (parody) (@VivekRammaswamy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VivekRammaswamy\/status\/1822715730841755894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Ramaswamy&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\">official account<\/a> does not show any tweets made on Aug. 11, the day the post was purportedly written. The most recent <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240813172228\/https:\/\/x.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archive<\/a> of the page, from Aug. 13, does not show any post with similar language in the parody account&rsquo;s post. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2024\/08\/15\/fact-check-harris-scotus-presidential-immunity-ruling\/\">(RELATED: Fact-Checking Harris&rsquo; Claim About The SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Ruling)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former candidate has recently called for the Trump campaign to do a &ldquo;reset&rdquo; of its messaging, however, according to an interview conducted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2024\/08\/13\/nx-s1-5072633\/ex-gop-presidential-candidate-vivek-ramaswamy-calls-for-a-reset-of-the-trump-campaign\">NPR<\/a>. Ramaswamy said during the interview, &ldquo;I think a stronger focus on policy is the path to winning this election. I also think it&rsquo;s better for the country. Just speaking as an American who isn&rsquo;t a partisan, necessarily, in one direction or another when I say this, I think Donald Trump is going to better serve the country and better serve his own electoral prospects by focusing on his policy record and how his policy vision is different from Kamala Harris&rsquo;.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Facebook post claims to display a tweet from entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, in which he criticizes Donald Trump&#8217;s campaign for prioritizing &#8220;crowd sizes&#8221; over policy matters. Verdict: False. The tweet is not from Ramaswamy&#8217;s official account but rather from an impersonation account. Recently, the former candidate has advocated for a &#8220;reset&#8221; of the campaign. <\/p>\n<p>In related news, Democratic Vice President and likely presidential nominee Kamala Harris recently appeared to label Trump a &#8220;coward&#8221; while criticizing his rhetoric, as reported by Fox News. This came after she unveiled her economic plan during a campaign event in North Carolina, which some economists warned could lead to &#8220;shortages of goods,&#8221; particularly concerning price-gouging, according to ABC News.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook post seems to show Ramaswamy&#8217;s criticism of Trump&#8217;s focus on crowd sizes instead of policy issues: \u201cWe should be focusing on attacking Kamala\u2019s flawed policies and lack of experience,\u201d it states in part. The caption reads sarcastically, \u201cNo worries, Vivek! We\u2019re sure he\u2019ll take your advice.\u201d However, this post originates from a parody account that misspells Ramaswamy\u2019s last name and indicates its satirical nature through its username and bio.<\/p>\n<p>Ramaswamy&#8217;s official Twitter account does not contain any tweets from August 11\u2014the date the alleged tweet was posted\u2014and an archive review shows no similar language used around that time. Although he has called for the Trump campaign to refocus its messaging in recent interviews with NPR\u2014stating that emphasizing policy would benefit both Trump\u2019s electoral chances and the country\u2014this particular tweet is confirmed as false due to being shared by an impersonator rather than his verified profile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1075,"featured_media":2327444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2162331268-1-scaled-e1724070670338.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7380,13420,32531,32072],"class_list":["post-2327443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-misinformation","tag-fact-check","tag-trump-campaign","tag-vivek-ramaswamy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GettyImages-2162331268-1-scaled-e1724070670338.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327443","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\/1075"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2327443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2327444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2327443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2327443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2327443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}