Vivek Ramaswamy condemned for 9/11 and Jan 6 conspiracy theory remarks – By Martin Pengelly (The Guardian) / Aug 21, 2023
Republican presidential contender hints at government involvement in deadly September 11 attacks
The biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, a contender for the Republican presidential nomination, was condemned for conspiracy-tinged remarks about the events of 9/11 and the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
“I think it is legitimate to say how many police, how many federal agents, were on the planes that hit the Twin Towers,” Ramaswamy said, in a profile published by the Atlantic on Monday.
“Maybe the answer is zero. It probably is zero for all I know, right? I have no reason to think it was anything other than zero. But if we’re doing a comprehensive assessment of what happened on 9/11, we have a 9/11 commission, absolutely that should be an answer the public knows the answer to.”
Charles P Pierce, a writer for Esquire, said: “There is not a single sentence in this paragraph that doesn’t disqualify this guy from being president of the United States.”
