"An Embarrassment For ABC" | Vivek Ramaswamy on Debate Moderators

joining us online to discuss this debate is V ramaswami of course you know V from his presidential run he's been on this stage a few times himself V welcome to the show great to talk to you hey good to see you man I have to get your quick take on last night's debate the three-on-one Pyon the the David mure and Lindsey Davis versus Donald Trump debate what was your take so a few things I mean I call like I see it right did KLA Harris exceed the already low and purposefully low expectations set for her yeah I think she did but the media narrative is now magnifying that into something that was very different than what actually happened I thought Donald Trump's best moment I think he actually the best moment for either candidate on substance last night I actually think was Donald Trump being able to inform a lot of independent voters and a lot of undecided voters what his actual position the Republican party's actual position is on abortion on IVF where they've told the public for a long time the Harris campaign and the media has eded this saying that he would sign a federal ban on abortion I actually thought that was one of the exchanges where he came out with Crystal Clarity and also the fact that he's going to Champion IVF I know that seems like one of the smaller topic focused takeaways from last night but if he fast forward this three weeks that's one of the most substantive impacts I think it's going to have on the race for an issue that a lot of people do seem to think is a big one for the presidential race at the level of Voters I think the three-on-one Pyon was an embarrassment for ABC I think that David Mir in particular did an awful job of even figting even-handedness a often what you see in media bias is you'll see the appearance of feigning balance I think in David mir's case they didn't even try to feain balance with the number of times they fact checked I use that in air quotes fact check Donald Trump but without even attempting to to really go after kamla Harris for her prevarication on a wide range of topics so that that was a bit of a disappointment the other thing that I think president Trump I think could hit even harder I think he hit it hard last night but I hope in any future debates that come up he does is the question he really nailed into conclusion which is why haven't you done everything that you're now saying you're going to do over the four years that you actually held power along with Joe Biden made a compelling case for that in the closing I thought his one of his sharpest moments was actually said when he said we can end this debate and you can actually go back and sign a bill and if not sign a bill take an executive action that would close the border and in some ways that in that short moment highlighted what I think is a most is probably his most powerful argument throughout all of her race to the Center she can say what she wants but her actions speak louder than words and I think the best moments for him were last night when he actually allowed that theme to come through overall two weeks from now I don't think this going to have a major impact on the race I think it's going to come down to a couple of open issues that haven't been addressed on policy by kamla Harris that's my hot I I I totally agree obviously with all of that I think that mostly for for me and for a lot of people this felt like a missed opportunity more than anything else because KLA Harris has been avoiding questions like the plague she's going to continue to avoid questions like the plague because she can't answer any of those questions and it seems to me this race really revolves around Donald Trump establishing about her three very basic principles one she's the vice president she's currently responsible for everything that is happening in the White House the president is not competent she's the vice president she owns all of this two she's a far- leftist she herself has said her values have not changed so even if she's pretending that her her actual policies have changed her values have not she's admitted as much and three she's an incompetent and she's always been an incompetent and I don't think that he actually was able to to really establish any of those things on the stage last night I think he planted seeds the problem was that there was so much going on he was so distracted I think by many of the attacks that she was leveling against him against his rallies that that it just felt discombobulated and and what we really needed was something that was a lot more focused and I'm hoping that there are two months to go it's still a long time that this campaign gets a lot more focused on those issues and just sticks to those issues and pummels around those yeah and I'm not going to beat a dead horse and complaining about aspects of last night one hard reality is that would have been a job for the moderators in a format in which they have muted mics you know Donald Trump I think did try at several points in time to address questions to KL Harris but that wasn't the level or the type of format that had been negotiated and when the moderators completely abdicated that responsibility I think it you know it was a missed opportunity for voters is what I would say to see a lot of those holes in K Harris's policy positions I agree with 90% of what you said the only part I disagree with you know you and maybe some others when they've made this claim is I think calling k Harris a far-left Marxist is almost giving her too much credit it assumes that she's ideological right Bernie Sanders is ideological okay you could give somebody I disagree with his ideology but he has an ideology I don't think K Harris particularly has an ideology I think what's closer to Flame is the idea that she's just another Cog in the system totally right by the way it's totally right I mean they're slapping a new code of pain onap yep yeah so anyway that's that's my perspective on you know as we wrap up the debate from last night basic thing is I think A lot's going to happen in the next six weeks and two weeks from now I think much of that debate is going to be relevant except for I think the ability to take the legs out from under the Democrat argument on abortion which I think was a quiet but underappreciated positive coming out of last night Mo ramaswami again good to talk to you thank you are you tired of the lies and the twist of the mainstream media talking points yeah me too join me in my newest series fact where I dismantle and bring truth to this tiring mainstream agenda