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🗓️ 18 August 2023
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Jim Acosta goes one-on-one with GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, who reacts to DeSantis’ debate memo that said to defend Trump and “Hammer” Ramaswamy, discusses Trump’s indictments, and says who he would be likely to pardon if he wins in 2024. Also Tonight: Trump lawyers pitch a 2026 trial date in the DOJ’s election interference case, far-right sites publish the pictures and addresses of the Georgia grand jurors who indicted Trump, and emotions run high as a mistrial is declared in the case of two white men who shot at a black FedEx driver.
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0:00.0 | Good evening. I'm Jim Acosta joining me in moments presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, |
0:12.0 | whose name showed up in a rendez-sense debate memo as the rival to attack on the stage. |
0:17.6 | You'll respond to that in more and just a few moments, but first in 958 days. |
0:23.2 | The date on the calendar will be April 2026. That's two years seven months from now. |
0:29.2 | That's nearly a year and a half after the 2024 election and just a year and a half before the |
0:35.8 | 2028 election. And yet Donald Trump and his lawyers are suggesting that date for his trial in the |
0:42.4 | federal case on his efforts to overturn the election. It's their counter to Jack Smith's proposal |
0:48.0 | to start this January. Meantime, the former president in his first on-camera reaction to the |
0:52.8 | Georgia indictment as a warning to his party. Disgraceful thing and Republicans can't get |
1:00.8 | let them get away with the Republicans have to be tough. The Republicans are great in many ways, |
1:06.3 | but they don't fight as hard for this stuff and they have to get a lot tougher. And if they don't, |
1:10.7 | they're not going to have much of a Republican party. Well, they haven't been very tough on Donald |
1:15.6 | Trump and one of the Republicans who is defending Trump is Vivek Ramaswamy and today a memo from |
1:21.8 | Ron DeSantis' Super PAC laid out some advice for the Florida governor ahead of next week's debate |
1:27.2 | among the suggestions, defend Donald Trump, but, quote, take a sledgehammer to Ramaswamy. |
1:35.1 | And joining me now is the candidate mentioned in that memo, Vivek Ramaswamy. He's giving a speech |
1:40.2 | at the Nixon Library tonight. Welcome, Mr. Ramaswamy. Appreciate you joining us. |
1:47.3 | It's going to see it, Jim. How are you? I'm good. Hey, let's get right to this. |
1:50.5 | A pro-deSantis Super PAC, I'm sure you've seen this, as posted documents online that show |
1:55.3 | DeSantis' upcoming debate strategy. And that includes not only attacks on President Biden, |
2:01.6 | as well as media, but instructions to quote, hammer Ramaswamy. Are you preparing to be hammered? |
2:09.2 | You know, I have been prepared for that for a lot of my life and I'm prepared to take that on. |
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