Left out of Wednesday night’s CNN debate in Iowa, Vivek Ramaswamy still found a way to make his presence known to voters.
“Take your remote and turn it off (bleep),” Ramaswamy says in a direct-to-camera ad airing during the debate.
As if already being shut out of a debate for which he was not qualified was not enough, Ramaswami devoted the main part of the ad to spreading conspiracy theories in an attempt to present himself as a victim of censorship. Did it, not bad polling numbers.
“The mainstream media is trying to rig the Iowa GOP caucuses in favor of corporate candidates they can control,” Ramaswami says over an ominous soundtrack.
The 38-year-old then listed “the truth about what really happened on January 6, the truth about COVID origins” and “Hunter Biden laptop” as the main topics, adding, “They don’t want you to do that “Listen” to him.
According to the Ramaswamy campaign, the ad will air for one night only, running in all nine TV markets touching Iowa.
Campaign CEO Ben Yoho said in a statement, “Now, Don Lemon and Jim Acosta’s network takes responsibility for disrespecting Iowa voters and the Caucuses by staging a debate and excluding conscience, while their polling was clearly based on the platform. Was eligible for.” The network was “the furthest thing from a credible news network” “in the most Orwellian, deeply cynical way.”
To qualify, Ramaswamy needed to receive at least 10 percent support in three separate national or Iowa-based polls that met CNN’s standards – which is more stringent than the RNC has required for previous debates. Were – as well as in a CNN survey of potential Iowa caucusgoers.
