Republican rivals stack up against Vivek Ramaswamy AGAIN: Tim Scott and Mike Pence attack entrepreneur for doing business with China – ‘the same people who funded Hunter Biden’
- Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy became a punching bag again during Wednesday’s second Republican primary debate
- South Carolina Senator Tim Scott has blasted Ramaswamy for doing business in China
- Scott said Ramaswamy got money from ‘the same people who funded Hunter Biden millions of dollars’
Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy became a punching bag again on Wednesday during the second Republican primary debate, as several of his opponents went after him for doing business in China.
The attack began when Senator Tim Scott went from a birthright issue to a punch to the head of the 38-year-old political newcomer.
The pile-on continued with digs coming from former Vice President Mike Pence and briefly former UN ambassador. Nikki Haley.
Scott had said Ramaswamy called his six rivals on stage tonight “good people” after calling them “bought and paid for” during the first GOP debate last month in Milwaukee.
‘I thought about that for a while and said, “You know, I can’t imagine how you could say that, knowing that you were only doing business with the Chinese Communist Party and the same people who financed the Chinese Communist Party.” Hunter Biden Millions of dollars were partners of yours too,” Scott said from the debate stage in Simi Valley, California.
Vivek Ramaswamy (left) reacts after South Carolina Senator Tim Scott (right) went after him on the debate stage in Simi Valley about doing business in China, including with the same family Hunter Biden did business with
Ramaswamy argued that “these are good people tainted by a broken system,” as several candidates, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, spoke about him.
DeSantis argued that Ramaswamy’s cases in China were a hot topic, adding, “let’s focus on holding Joe Biden accountable.”
Ramaswamy seemed to appreciate the assist, but the strike wasn’t over yet.
“I agree with Ron DeSantis on China,” Ramaswamy said. “When every other CEO was expanding into the Chinese market, you know what I did with my first company? We have opened a subsidiary in China.’
“But you know what I did, that was different than any other company, we got out of there,” Ramaswamy said.
Haley then added, “Right before you ran for president!”
The candidates continued to shout at each other as Ramaswamy said it was before and when he launched his more recent company, “he made a commitment that we would never do business in China.”
“I was interrupted by many people,” Ramaswamy complained.
He tried to silence Scott by saying, “from one Ronald Reagan admirer to another.”
The trio of moderators eventually went to Pence and asked him a question about Dreamers, but the former vice president was also down for Ramaswamy.
“Let me first say that I’m glad Vivek pulled out of his business deal in China in 2018,” Pence said with a sly smile. “That must have been around the time he decided to vote in the presidential election.”