Vivek Ramaswamy was a standout in the last Republican debate, but the second this Wednesday was a different story.  Vivek Ramaswamy was taken more seriously the second debate was attacked by everyone especially Mike Pence. 

Many of the other candidates attacked Ramaswamy’s business dealings with China, his foreign policies, and even his presence on TikTok.  “Honestly, every time I hear you, I feel a little bit dumber,” Nikki. Haley said, criticizing his use of TikTok.

Vivek was even under attack by Tim Scott saying, “We think about the fact that Vivek said we are all good people, and I appreciate that, because at the last debate he said we were all bought and paid for,” Vivek has already been called out for changing opinions and lies and the other candidates are not letting him off the hook.

Lastly Mike Pence really attacked Vivek during this debate saying, “Let me say, I’m glad Vivek pulled out of his business deal in 2018 in China, that must’ve been around the time you decided to start voting in presidential elections.”  Pence really wanted to enforce that Vivek is to young, naïve, and hasn’t really had any political experience, that included voting.

This is news for everyone that is interested in politics.  It shows the change in the Republican candidates because Vivek was considered a winner of the last debate now since he is being more attacked, he is struggling to roll with the punches.

This article was very structured very well and unlike most New York Times articles it doesn’t have to much unneeded information at the bottom.  It was structed in a way where you could see all the candidates and what they said about Vivek. 

I would say that the one thing missing in this article is Ramaswamy’s responses.  This article focuses on all the attacks that Vivek took but nothing about his defense, because on some of these quotes he had adequate rebuttals to what was said against him.

Source:  https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/27/us/politics/vivek-ramaswamy-debate-china-ukraine.html?searchResultPosition=2