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submitted 11 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

After any political debate, it’s customary for news outlets to do some fact-checking, sometimes on the spot. During CNN’s post-debate coverage, anchor Dana Bash caught up with GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and confronted him with facts.

Ramaswamy had quite a newsworthy night – maybe not the way he would have wanted to be covered or exactly the way he wanted to be covered, with many fiery moments while he was on the debate stage. Bash, who dove right in with “Where do I even start?” started by asking Ramaswamy about why he attacked everyone including the Republican National Committee and NBC, which aired the debate that gave him a lot of camera time. He responded with his frustration with his party and then launched into the fantastical theory that President Joe Biden was not going to be the Democratic candidate in 2024:

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[-] admiralteal@kbin.social 89 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

She didn't "shut him down". She tried to get in a point across and he barged right on along unimpeded by her and continued peddling more bullshit and conspiracy theory.

The truth means absolutely nothing to a conservative. Evidence means nothing when you never cared about reality in the first place.

[-] bus_go_fast@lemmy.world 32 points 11 months ago

The truth means absolutely nothing to a conservative.

When someone tells me they are a conservative, I always ask "what does that mean? Does that mean you lie all the time? You cheat on your wife? You're a bigot?"

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

Scratch most of today's conservatives, and it's just racism and fascism and a whole lot of anger.

[-] Fades@lemmy.world 22 points 11 months ago

She also missed the slam dunk counter that we have proof of Biden tax returns for many years online

[-] anon_8675309@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Annoys me that their supporters use fake as a synonym for wrong. Anything at all that is wrong is now fake. That clock isn’t wrong it’s showing fake time. They’ve literally turned people into right-wing zombies.

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