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Vivek Ramaswamy takes umbrage when ‘DC_Draino’ exposes his record

November 26, 2023 | | Print Article

A presidential candidate’s record was the center of heated debate as ties to Big Pharma, the World Economic Forum and George Soros were rehashed by a popular commentator.

Months after debuting on Candace Owens’ podcast, attorney Rogan O’Handley, known to many as DC Draino, took to X Saturday to air his issues with the “MAGA movement” positively considering businessman Vivek Ramaswamy.

Rattling off 11 points he attributed to the 2024 GOP presidential hopeful, O’Handley criticized, “Yeah I mean sure he: -was affiliated with the WEF -took money from the Soros family -got rich in Big Pharma -does massive deals with Pfizer -pushed for masks, testing, and vaccines -thinks Mike Pence did the right thing on J6 -thinks Trump is a liar about election fraud similar to Stacey Abrams -never voted most of his adult life -wants to re-enter TPP -wants uncapped immigration (if they’re educated) -changes his positions weekly when called out.”

“But we should totally trust him to lead the MAGA movement b/c he called out Ronna McDaniel (like 99% of other Republicans have been doing for years),” the lawyer added of the Republican National Committee chairwoman.

In addition to earning the Community Note treatment pointing to Ramaswamy’s suit against the WEF and a clarification on the alleged Soros funding linking him to a hedge fund, the candidate didn’t shy away from responding himself as he accused O’Handley of lying like corporate media.

“Don’t disrespect your followers by lying to them like the MSM. The fact that you’re still sitting here saying I was ever ‘affiliated with WEF’ is a pathetic lie,” the businessman charged. “I’m the only guy who sued them & won, while others traveled to Davos. I was the only candidate on stage with the stones to call on Ronna to resign, while others deflect. I won a generic scholarship, not massive George Soros loans/fundraisers like multiple other GOP candidates. I’ve never supported the government favoritism showered on Pfizer. If you have pent-up frustrations at others, then see a therapist but don’t dump it on me — because your shtick is getting old.”

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While others would jump in to bolster either side of the argument, Draino wasn’t done himself as he countered that the candidate confirmed his claims about the WEF and Soros while highlighting that fellow commentator Benny Johnson should be credited for the attack against McDaniel.

Additionally, it was asserted that Ramaswamy’s “company Roivant entered into a massive licensing deal with Pfizer in December of 2022 while you were Chairman of the Board (you resigned in 2023). I noticed you didn’t deny this and cut our interview short on Candace’s podcase when I brought it up.”

“I also noticed you didn’t deny or even attempt to address issues 5 through 11, but that’s ok I know you’re a busy guy pretending to be America First while you try to drag us back into Obama’s TPP and flood our country with uncapped immigration (as long as they have college degrees of course),” O’Handley charged, before following with a screenshot from the candidate’s book “Nation of Victims” that aligned Ramaswamy with then-Vice President Mike Pence’s actions to certify the 2020 election and receipts to back up his other claims.

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Of course, despite Ramaswamy’s protestations against the attorney’s charges, he himself had previously defended the Soros scholarship by asserting when he had received it in his mid-twenties he “didn’t have a lot of money” to afford graduate school

“If I had turned down that scholarship back then, that would have been so foolish that anybody that foolish probably should have no place anywhere near the White House doing trade deals on behalf of this country,” he had explained to Human Events senior editor Jack Posobiec.

That same year, Fox News Digital reported that Ramaswamy’s tax returns denoted $2,252,209 in total income compared to $1,173,690 in the prior three years. “Vivek would have been a fool to turn down that scholarship,” campaign spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told the outlet echoing the candidate.

Still, debate raged as to whether or not the candidate was in the right or if O’Handley was raising valid concerns.

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