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Vivek Ramaswamy: Kids Who Believe They Are Trans Have "A Mental Health Condition"
Summit News ^ | 08/18/2023 | Steve Watson

Posted on 08/18/2023 8:16:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has declared that if a child says they are transgender, then they are really suffering a from a mental health crisis, and that it is “inhumane” to affirm their misguided belief.

“When a kid is saying their gender doesn’t match their biological sex, they’re going through a mental health struggle. That’s a mental health condition,” Ramaswamy said during an interview with The Blaze.

He continued, “The compassionate thing to do is not to affirm that confusion — that is not compassion, that is cruelty. The compassionate thing to do is figure out what’s going wrong in that kid’s life.”

“The fact that that is now beyond the pale to even explore shows how far we’ve gone as a culture,” the candidate urged.

“It is inhumane and barbaric that we live in a culture that lets this happen to children, and if we don’t learn from those mistakes, we only have ourselves to blame,” Ramaswamy further asserted.

“If you’re an adult and want to dress how you want, I’m not going to stop you. But you’re not going to change our language, our sports, how we sort locker rooms, and you’re certainly not going to change the way we indoctrinate our children,” he emphasised.

Watch:

When someone says they’re trans, it usually means *something else* is badly wrong in their life. Let’s abandon the farce that the “humane” thing to do is to affirm their confusion, rather than to actually help. It’s inhumane. pic.twitter.com/cKVRUnKuaq — Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) August 16, 2023

The comments come in the wake of Ramaswamy schooling a ‘LGBTQ+’ reporter who confronted the candidate, demanding to know his views on the “LGBTQ+ community.”

Ramaswamy told the person that he doesn’t “think it’s one community,” explaining that as far as he can tell “Trans is fundamentally in tension with gay, if you ask me.”

He then went on to provide a stark reality check for the activist:

Video: Ramaswamy Gives ‘LGBTQ+ Reporter’ A Reality Check

Related:

Ramaswamy Vows To ‘Shut Down The Three-letter Agencies’
Ramaswamy Hits Back At ‘Deeply Offended’ Pence Over Questioning Of 9/11 Narrative
Video: Ramaswamy Demands To Know “Truth About What’s Really Driving This Flurry Of Prosecutions”
Ramaswamy Wins Lawsuit Against World Economic Forum After Being Labeled A ‘Young Global Leader’

Elon Musk seems impressed with Ramaswamy too...

He states his beliefs clearly. https://t.co/SjpuXLCFpo— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 18, 2023

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mentalhealth; ramaswamy; transgender; vivek
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1 posted on 08/18/2023 8:16:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

swammy uttered a true statement


2 posted on 08/18/2023 8:18:49 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: no-to-illegals

BTW, I’m counting the number of posts in this thread before I see someone utter THE PHRASE.


3 posted on 08/18/2023 8:20:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

TOTALLY AGREE.


4 posted on 08/18/2023 8:21:17 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: no-to-illegals

And it should piss off the right people.


5 posted on 08/18/2023 8:21:47 AM PDT by pas
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To: SeekAndFind

The truth hurts.


6 posted on 08/18/2023 8:23:35 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: SeekAndFind

I knew I saw 1000’s of explosions across the land...


7 posted on 08/18/2023 8:23:47 AM PDT by dpetty121263
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To: no-to-illegals

Uh oh. Scheduled for cancellation in 3...2...

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8 posted on 08/18/2023 8:24:55 AM PDT by epluribus_2
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To: SeekAndFind

So do adults.


9 posted on 08/18/2023 8:25:59 AM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ll guess, “not a natural born citizen”?


10 posted on 08/18/2023 8:26:11 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: SeekAndFind

Kids who think they are trans have an influencer or parent with a mental health condition.


11 posted on 08/18/2023 8:26:21 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: SeekAndFind

One thing Trump has done is distract the press from the real culture war. Vic has stepped up and took the speaking truth to the mob role with a ton of modern political style trump never had. So far all the prosecutors have done is successfully used a word processor to write inditements and convinced grand juries full of dopes that press clippings are true.

These same people sat in their houses afraid of a virus that killed almost nobody under 50 for 2+ years. A virus that had to come from the wet market in the same town as the biolab. Now orange man is still bad is worthy of a legal circus. They collect orange man supporters and put lawfair against them. Big deal, it is only money and time, conservatives spend a ton of that every day pushing back on other forms of liberal progreism.


12 posted on 08/18/2023 8:26:47 AM PDT by protoconservative (Been Conservative Before You Were Born )
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To: epluribus_2

I will not be attending a Washington commanders’ game


13 posted on 08/18/2023 8:26:49 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (The enemy has US surrounded. May God have mercy on them.)
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To: SeekAndFind

They have a mental parent problem


14 posted on 08/18/2023 8:28:03 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: SeekAndFind

Way to go, Swammy.


15 posted on 08/18/2023 8:32:18 AM PDT by aculeus
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To: SeekAndFind

Ruh Roh!


16 posted on 08/18/2023 8:32:24 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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Who ever imagined that parents would have to fight in America to keep their children safe from drug experimentation and sexual mutilation by government approved psychopaths?


17 posted on 08/18/2023 8:32:50 AM PDT by Spok (Hate is love; freedom is slavery.)
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Who ever imagined that parents would have to fight in America to keep their children safe from drug experimentation and sexual mutilation by government approved psychopaths?

The authors of our constitution, I believe they have an amendment that covers this.

18 posted on 08/18/2023 8:33:50 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: SeekAndFind

Gee. Ya think?


19 posted on 08/18/2023 8:34:01 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: no-to-illegals

That’s a nasty, uncalled for pejorative.


20 posted on 08/18/2023 8:34:52 AM PDT by bwest
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