Washington:

Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna has slammed Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, saying he was “harmful to our democracy” and accusing him and his social gathering of providing “zero options” to the true points confronted by Individuals.

Indian-origin businessman Ramaswamy, 38, on Wednesday evening appeared on a CNN city corridor in Iowa throughout which he responded to questions on immigration, border safety, his faith, and financial inequality.

President Joe Biden’s re-election marketing campaign responded to the city corridor remarks of Vivek Ramaswamy with an announcement from Consultant Ro Khanna, a 47-year-old Democrat.

“Vivek’s podcast of a marketing campaign could be humorous if it weren’t so deeply harmful to our democracy,” Khanna, mentioned on Wednesday after a CNN city corridor of Ramaswamy, an Indian American working for the Republican Get together’s presidential ticket together with former president Donald Trump and ex-governor of South Carolina Nikky Haley.

“His city corridor tonight was an train in bombastic rhetoric, providing zero options to the true points that Individuals demand motion on.

“It is a disgrace that as an alternative of attempting to concentrate on the problems as he did with me at St. Anselm, he selected to interact in sensationalism for clicks that has turn out to be the foreign money to get forward in immediately’s Republican Get together,” Khanna, the Congressman from Silicon Valley, who’s supporting President Joe Biden in his re-election bid, mentioned.

“That is an unserious social gathering,” Khanna mentioned.

“I am proud to help Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Collectively, Democrats have been in a position to ship on historic laws for the American folks, and if re-elected, we’ll construct on these successes on points akin to abortion rights, gun violence, higher jobs, and decrease prices – , the precise points that matter to the American folks,” Khanna mentioned.

Through the city corridor, Ramaswamy mentioned he would ship undocumented migrants again to their nations of origin if elected president. “I do consider that anyone who’s on this nation illegally must be returned to their nation of origin,” he mentioned in response to a query.

“I need to implement, I might say the very best border insurance policies of all, which is ending the unlawful incentives to be right here. Finish birthright citizenship for the youngsters of unlawful migrants to whom the 14th Modification doesn’t apply,” he mentioned.
 

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