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You want to replace the FBI - with the new FBI - or you want yes men to whitewash any investigation against you - like the head of your party?

https://www.thedailybeast.com/chuck-todd-roasts-gop-candidate-vivek-ramaswamy-over-plan-to-shut-down-the-fbi
Chuck Todd Roasts ‘Anti-Woke’ GOP Candidate Over Plan to ‘Shut Down the FBI’

NBC News anchor Chuck Todd grilled Vivek Ramaswamy on Sunday over the Republican presidential candidate’s proposal to dismantle the Federal Bureau of Investigation and replace it with a “new institution built from scratch.”

“So, you’re going to replace the FBI with a new FBI?,” Todd wondered at one point.

An “anti-woke” biotech investor and hedge fund manager, Ramaswamy has significantly raised his profile in recent years by embracing the conservative movement’s culture wars, largely through frequent appearances on Fox News. This also includes pushing for the abolishment of the FBI, which many on the right have accused of being part of a “Deep State” plot to take down former President Donald Trump. (Ex-Fox News star Tucker Carlson, for instance, has long suggested that the bureau orchestrated the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.)

During Sunday’s broadcast of NBC’s Meet the Press, Todd confronted the presidential hopeful over his stance on the FBI, and immediately noted that it comes across as confusing.


“One of your big applause lines, that is a bit of a head-scratcher for me, is defund the FBI,” the Meet the Press moderator said.

“Yeah. So, I didn't say defund the FBI, I said shut down the FBI and replace it with something new,” Ramaswamy clarified, prompting Todd to ask what he’d replace the bureau with.

You want to replace the FBI - with the new FBI - or you want yes men to whitewash any investigation against you - like the head of your party?
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