SPARKS FLY: Van Jones Vs. Vivek Over ‘Replacement Theory’ Controversy — Who Won?
Vivek really kicked a hornet's nest with his closing statement in the GOP debate
Of the four people on that debate stage, two went home having accomplished something, and two went home to lick their wounds.
Chris Christie was the ‘why are you even here’ candidate who got less respect than Rodney Dangerfield. Going by how he conducted himself, he probably deserved even less than that.
Meanwhile, Ronnie D & Vivek took turns playing hackey-sack with Haley, whose tough-as-nails girl boss persona was blown halfway to Hell in the course of a single debate.
Although Vivek and DeSantis both probably had winning nights, they got there by very different paths. Florida’s Governor presented a feisty-but-serious steady-hand-on-the-tiller side of himself for the audience. Vivek, on the other hand, was thoroughly enjoying himself as he took a flamethrower to his competition.
That metaphor fits since his closing comments were nothing less than scorched earth I’m-bold-enough-to-say-unspeakable-facts-and-you-aren’t goading of his rivals.
That moment in the debate was the first of many dominoes to fall.
Vivek Ramaswamy: "Why am I the only person on this stage at least who can say that January 6 now does look like it was an inside job? That the government lied to us for 20 years about Saudi Arabia's involvement in 9/11…?" pic.twitter.com/yZfGQuoTrr
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) December 7, 2023
That led to a ‘Spin Room’ exchange with Dana Bash.
It’s official – the Great Replacement Theory is not a “far-right conspiracy theory,” but a legitimate policy debate we can actually have in the open. Last night, after I shut down CNN’s insufferable lecture on why the Great Replacement Theory is “dangerous,” a “dog whistle,” &… pic.twitter.com/t2X2A2tjbL
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) December 7, 2023
He helpfully posted the video he was referencing between then-VP Biden and Mayorkas talking about exactly this issue:
Can’t make this stuff up. Here’s Biden, nearly a decade ago, sitting next to none other than Mayorkas proselytizing the grand “right-wing myth” known as the Great Replacement Theory. Turns out it’s not a conspiracy theory, it’s just the basic immigration policy for Democrats. pic.twitter.com/8B7CapEJzJ
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) December 5, 2023
Over at the set at CNN, Van Jones became apoplectic. He was ‘shaking while listening to him’, while calling Vivek despicable and claiming this was ‘one step away from Nazi Propaganda’.
Van Jones melts down over Vivek talking about the Great Replacement theory:
"Literally, I was shaking listening to him"
"He is going to outlive Trump by about 50 years, and you are watching the rise of a demagogue that is very despicable" pic.twitter.com/EEP2NY9gEw
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 7, 2023
Oh, really?
Vivek responded with a direct quote from Van Jones’s own mouth.
Yesterday, Van Jones called me a “demagogue” for discussing the Great Replacement Theory. Well, here are Van’s words in 2021: “The request from the racial justice left: we want the white majority to go from being a majority to being a minority and like it. That’s a tough request, and change is hard.”
Yesterday, Van Jones called me a “demagogue” for discussing the Great Replacement Theory. Well, here are Van’s words in 2021: “The request from the racial justice left: we want the white majority to go from being a majority to being a minority and like it. That’s a tough request,… pic.twitter.com/yPRvJ2VCUa
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) December 8, 2023
Megyn Kelly and Glenn Greenwald on how Vivek was right: The Great Replacement Theory is a Democrat theory that they simultaneously brag about in private but in public they say it's a conspiracy theory pic.twitter.com/9Z1elQQewO
— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) December 7, 2023
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