Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy said Sunday on ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week\u201d that former President Donald Trump\u2019s indictments were making the United States a \u201cbanana republic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis Week\u201d anchor George Stephanopoulos said, \u201cYour hand shot up pretty fast at the debate when you were asked whether you would vote for Donald Trump in the general election, even if he was a convicted felon. Can you just explain why you would vote for a convicted felon for president?\u201dRamaswamy said, \u201cIf the Constitution permits somebody to run, and that\u2019s the person that people of this country want to elect, then that\u2019s the way our system works, and I stand by it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stephanopoulos said, \u201cWhy do you think it\u2019s okay for a convicted felon to be president?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ramaswamy said, \u201cSo look. I think that many of these prosecutions against Donald Trump are outright, downright politicized persecutions through prosecution that set an awful precedent for our country. I do not want to see us become a banana republic where the administrative police state uses police force to eliminate opponents from competition. That is not the way it works. I will pick who I believe the best next president should be.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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