Ramaswamy and Jones clash at DNC over ‘demagogue’ remark – Washington Examiner

Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy finally had a chance to confront CNN analyst Van Jones for calling him a “demagogue” during a segment on the network last year.

The feud between Ramaswamy and Jones took a more heated turn in December, when the Trump surrogate posted a video clip on X responding to Jones’s comment. The two then had a confrontation at the Democratic National Convention.

“Yesterday, Van Jones called me a ‘demagogue’ for discussing the Great Replacement Theory. Well, here are Van’s words in 2021: ‘The request from the racial justice left: We want the white majority to go from being a majority to being a minority and like it. That’s a tough request, and change is hard,’” Ramaswamy wrote at the time.

Yesterday, Van Jones called me a “demagogue” for discussing the Great Replacement Theory. Well, here are Van’s words in 2021: “The request from the racial justice left: we want the white majority to go from being a majority to being a minority and like it. That’s a tough request,… pic.twitter.com/yPRvJ2VCUa

— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) December 8, 2023

On Thursday, in Chicago, Ramaswamy and Jones wound up face to face in a hallway as cameras surrounded them, capturing the viral moment.

“We got death threats after the thing you said,” Ramaswamy told Jones as he began to walk away.

Ramaswamy caught up with Jones a second time and continued, “For the first time in the campaign, we get a death threat of a man who wants to show up in New Hampshire. Thankfully, the police intervened. The next day, back to back, my wife’s scared enough. The next day, we wake up. It’s 3 a.m. We get a call from him — he’s my security guard — saying, ‘Thank God you picked up because we just got a call that someone showed up at your house and has four dead bodies.’”

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Ramaswamy said he would not attribute that situation to what Jones had said on CNN but that his words hurt his family. The roughly 2 1/2-minute conversation ended with Ramaswamy offering to “turn the page and have a chapter to demonstrate what actual good discourse looks like in this country,” stressing it didn’t have to be anything that happened on the network.

“Amazing,” Jones replied as he attempted to end the conversation. Ramaswamy said he hoped the two could “build a friendship” before they parted ways.