Vivek Ramaswamy Says Online Censorship Is Partly Responsible For January 6th

Entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy made headlines at the Family Leadership Summit in Des Moines, Iowa, asserting that pervasive censorship led to the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021. Ramaswamy voiced his views during a comprehensive interview, broadcasted by The Blaze and conducted by the former host of Fox News, Tucker Carlson. The exchange took place during the summit aimed at debating salient political challenges that America grapples with. Carlson prompted Ramaswamy to reflect on the occasion when fervent Trump supporters breached the Capitol. Ramaswamy laid some of the blame squarely on online censorship, stating that when people in the United States are denied their right to express their views, they resort to destructive behavior. He criticized the federal government for mandating vaccinations under threat of job loss, restricting citizens from questioning the origins of COVID-19, and condoning violent protests during the pandemic lockdown. In his view, these actions amounted to stifling the voice of the people, leading to the upheaval on January 6. https://video.reclaimthenet.org/articles/ramaswarmy-3344b.mp4 The 37-year-old entrepreneur emphasized that the information vacuum, notably with regard to the suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story, was a crucial factor in triggering the Capitol riot. “You want to know what caused January 6: pervasive censorship in this country in the lead-up to January 6,” Ramaswamy, 37, said. “You tell people in this country they cannot speak, that is when they scream. You tell people they cannot scream, that is when they tear things down.” He added: “And so the…Vivek Ramaswamy Says Online Censorship Is Partly Responsible For January 6th