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Vivek Ramaswamy accuses Trump of making a 'false promise' in not repealing Obamacare
MSN ^ | 09/21/2023 | ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON

Posted on 09/21/2023 3:24:50 PM PDT by thegagline

Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy swiped at former President Donald Trump on Thursday for failing to repeal and replace the health care overhaul championed by his predecessor, former President Barack Obama.

“I am never somebody who will make a false promise,” Ramaswamy said at an event in a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. “My friend Donald Trump promised us: repeal and replace Obamacare. Eight years later, did it happen? No, it did not. It is a false promise if it is contingent on Congress.” *** It was a rare dig at Trump by Ramaswamy, a 38-year-old businessman who is a fierce defender of the former president even while running against him for the 2024 Republican nomination. Ramaswamy has referred to Trump as the best president of the 21st century and at times has drawn criticism from other campaigns for his praise of Trump. Ramaswamy hit Trump on Obamacare when asked about tax policy. He said many presidents make mistakes by focusing on legislative matters first.

At the first GOP debate, which Trump skipped, Ramaswamy vowed to pardon the former president if given the chance and called him “the best president of the 21st century.” In an interview with ABC “This Week" earlier this month, Ramaswamy said he didn't believe Trump had done anything illegal in response to questions about the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection and the classified documents found at his Florida home.

The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: breaking; dissociatedpress; fakenews; obamacare; promises; ramaswamydingdong; tds; trolling; trump; uniparty
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To: thegagline

Vivek is Trump’s disruptor. This is all kabuki theater. They have to make it look real.


41 posted on 09/21/2023 5:10:09 PM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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BS. It was Paul Ryan that prevented any progress on that front.


42 posted on 09/21/2023 5:11:24 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Taxman

>> Paul Ryan certainly had a hand in this!

More like both hands, both feet, and every orifice


43 posted on 09/21/2023 5:12:55 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: batazoid
Yeah, I heard he is not eligible, same goes for Nikki Haley. She I know was born before her parents were naturalized. I've heard the same for Vivek, but I haven't seen the evidence. of the dates in question.

I am tired of both parties not adhering to the NBC clause of the two highest offices of the land.

44 posted on 09/21/2023 5:21:52 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: All

Does Vivek realize that the President can’t repeal a law that has been duly passed by Congress and signed into law by a previous pResident?

That only the Legislature can repeal such laws?


45 posted on 09/21/2023 5:37:13 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Robert DeLong

He has said his mother did not become a citizen until after he was born. His father is still not a citizen. The guy is a no for me. A huge freaking no.


46 posted on 09/21/2023 5:37:48 PM PDT by conservaKate
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To: thegagline

It wasn’t Trump’s fault that McCain broke his word to his own voters and went back on everything he had been saying out of petty spite.

But that’s what McStain was.


47 posted on 09/21/2023 5:48:13 PM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: conservaKate

I’m glad he finally cleared that up, but I’m not sure how much that matters anymore to most people.


48 posted on 09/21/2023 5:50:19 PM PDT by FreedomForce
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To: thegagline

So, both you and Vivek have no idea how a law is passed and signed into law or overturned. Good to know.


49 posted on 09/21/2023 5:53:17 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: Robert DeLong; All

Just more exposing that the Republicans had nothing to replace it....

There was a time, other than Medicaid/Medicare, that the government had absolutely nothing to do with health care. My mom used to run an office for a small town doctor that took care of damn near everyone in town. Prior to the disaster that was brought on by the Clinton’s with their HMOs, pretty much everything was self-pay and a catastrophic care policy. Easy Peasy.

Then the Clinton’s showed up. Started doing their damage.

Then Soetero showed up and did his damage.

IMHO....still one of the best examples of how it can and should be done .... Oklahoma Doctors vs. Obamacare https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uPdkhMVdMQ


50 posted on 09/21/2023 5:58:16 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: conservaKate

Here’s a link about Ramaswamy talking about the citizenship status of his parents. I’m surprised someone hasn’t posted it as a separate thread yet.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/vivek-ramaswamy-shares-familys-citizenship-story-shaped-two-hardline-p-rcna107981


51 posted on 09/21/2023 6:00:23 PM PDT by FreedomForce
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To: SeekAndFind

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/vivek-ramaswamy-shares-familys-citizenship-story-shaped-two-hardline-p-rcna107981

I guess that answers that question.


52 posted on 09/21/2023 6:04:55 PM PDT by FreedomForce
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To: ifinnegan

“ His ability to gab is how he made his money, as opposed to Trump who actually built things, big things.”

Not true. Thanks to DeSantis campaign disinformation everybody thinks he made his money hoodwinking investors over a failed Alzheimer’s drug. He didn’t make any money off that..although he could have. His wealth comes from over half a dozen other drugs that did get FDA approval, including for prostate cancer. He did actually “build” things.


53 posted on 09/21/2023 6:05:56 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: libh8er

Also a life saving drug for children with a rare genetic condition


54 posted on 09/21/2023 6:06:57 PM PDT by libh8er
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To: libh8er

You’re going to get nitpickers saying Ramaswamy didn’t do that because he didn’t own the companies that got the drugs FDA approved. The companies involved were Roivant subsidiaries that got the drugs almost all the way to approval but were then sold to a Japanese pharm company that dragged the drugs over the finish line. Ramaswamy created enough value in the companies that they were purchased for (I think) something like 3 billion dollars.


55 posted on 09/21/2023 6:17:28 PM PDT by FreedomForce
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To: Taxman
Paul Ryan certainly had a hand in this!

Can't forget Chief Justice Roberts!

56 posted on 09/21/2023 6:19:55 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Vivek Ramaswamy the Brahmin. Thus, we are the commoners, servants and peasants. Just say NO. )
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To: qaz123

Interesting I will give it a watch, but it will have to be later.. Thanks 🙂


57 posted on 09/21/2023 6:30:30 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

Look at Soros to see Vivek’s real self.


58 posted on 09/21/2023 6:37:36 PM PDT by chopperk
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To: struggle

The war criminal McCain killed that.


59 posted on 09/21/2023 6:50:08 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (“And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: We should have set up ambushes...paraphrased)
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To: libh8er

Thanks.

Which drugs?


60 posted on 09/21/2023 6:52:42 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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