Vivek Ramaswamy Duels With CNN's Kasie Hunt On Springfield and Influx of Migrants

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

There's one thing you must say for Vivek Ramaswamy: he's unafraid to go into the center of controversy.

Ramaswamy waded into the pro-Hamas fray in Chicago outside the Democrat convention. And appearing on today's CNN This Morning, Ramaswamy described his experiences in holding a town hall in Springfield, Ohio in the midst of the controversy over Haitian immigration there.

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Hunt tried to get Ramaswamy to say that Trump's recent comments about Haitians eating pets have led to the outbreak of tensions. She also cited Laura Loomer's comments that if Harris wins, the White House will smell like curry. Ramaswamy responded by saying that rather than "airlifting" a word that Trump or a supporter says, we should focus on the bigger issues surrounding immigration.

While Hunt wanted to focus on Trump and Loomer's words, Ramaswamy rightfully insisted:

"We can't sweep under the rug, in a town of 50,000 people, you had an influx of 20,000 Haitian migrants to a community that was unprepared to actually integrate them. Migrants who are unprepared to integrate themselves."

Let's go out on a limb and surmise that few if any members of the liberal media have experienced that kind of drastic demographic change in their neighborhoods.

Ramaswamy proposed a simple policy on the matter: the US should only accept immigrants who can speak English and who will not become reliant on welfare.

Ramaswamy then made a sly suggestion:

"If people believe that we should admit migrants who are going to be reliant on Medicaid or welfare, then they could represent that view."

Looking at you, Kamala! Indeed, Harris has gone an egregious step further, saying that illegal immigrants should receive free gender-transition surgery.

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[dfwgator]

He’s a good attack dog for Trump.

[ohioman]

What the hell are you smoking Einstein? Vivek has been an excellent asset for Trump and us.