191. Vivek Ramaswamy's Big Plans to Dismantle the 'Corrupt Federal Bureaucracy'
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Sharyl Attkisson
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🗓️ 26 June 2023
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is a man with a specific plan to disrupt the federal bureaucracy that operates as an unconstitutional fourth branch of government. He's running against Trump, but defending Trump against what many see as corrupt Dept. of Justice practices, including misuse of the Espionage Act, which he wants to repeal.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everybody, Cheryl Ackison here. Welcome to another edition of the Cheryl Ackison |
| 0:10.9 | podcast. If you feel as though there's a corrupt federal bureaucracy that puts its own interests |
| 0:17.0 | first and our interests last, if you feel it's a hopeless position, you'll want to hear |
| 0:22.6 | today's interview with Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. |
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| 1:07.1 | podcasters to get started. Vivek Ramaswamy is a man with a specific plan to disrupt the |
| 1:14.9 | federal bureaucracy that operates as what he calls an unconstitutional fourth branch of government. |
| 1:21.7 | He's running against ex-president Trump, who many think is the leading candidate for the |
| 1:26.2 | Republican nomination. But Vivek Ramaswamy is also defending Trump against what Ramaswamy considers |
| 1:33.2 | the corrupt practices, including misuse of the Espionage Act by the Department of Justice, |
| 1:39.4 | which he'll explain. And he talks about the areas of agreement he has with the Democrat candidate |
| 1:45.8 | running against Joe Biden, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and he'll also talk about where he differs with |
| 1:51.4 | RFK Jr. Here's Vivek Ramaswamy. You just put out some information in which you said you were |
| 2:02.2 | supporting a repeal of the Espionage Act. Can you first of all tell us what the Espionage Act is? |
| 2:08.4 | Sure. So it is an ancient law from 1917 passed under Woodrow Wilson's tenure. Keep in mind, |
| 2:16.7 | Woodrow Wilson is the godfather of the administrative state. People sometimes forget that part. |
| 2:21.7 | He passed this law. It's one of the most un-American laws that has ever been passed that effectively |
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