Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy battled with CNN’s Abby Phillip during a Wednesday night town hall on the network over remarks that he has made about the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Phillip asked Ramaswamy about remarks that he made at the most recent Republican presidential primary debate when he suggested that the riot was an inside job.
“The next day, Capitol rioter Alan Hostetter highlighted your comments at his sentencing,” she said. “He is going to prison for 11 years. Hostetter threatened members of Congress. He brought a hatchet, knives, pepper spray, stun batons, tactical gear to the U.S. Capitol.”
“Are you concerned that a convicted felon like that is now promoting your comments in court?” she asked.
Ramaswamy responded by saying that before he became a political candidate, he was “just consuming passive media,” and that in the past, he…
