Vivek Ramaswamy Lies Right To CNN Anchor’s Face About Stunning Exchange With Man Called N-Word After Trump Dog-Eating Lies

Trump ally Vivek Ramaswamy lied right to CNN anchor Kasie Hunt’s face about an exchange with a man who said he’d been called the n-word twice after former President Donald Trump’s “They’re eating the pets!” lies.

In the aftermath of Trump’s “They’re eating the pets!” debate rant — which has been blamed for a rash of threats against schools, hospitals, and other institutions in and around Springfield, Ohio — Ramaswamy held a “town hall” event in the city last week during which a resident confronted him about racism.

Brock Engi — a marketing professional and film critic — told Ramaswamy he’d been called the n-word “twice this week” after the lies began spreading.

Ramaswamy was a guest on Tuesday morning’s edition of CNN This Morning, during which the anchor repeatedly pressed him on Trump’s claims — and asked him about his exchange with Engi.

But even though Hunt played a clip of that exact quote, Ramaswamy lied and said Engi told him “it was in the last year” and blamed Engi’s experience on “anti-racist policies”:

KASIE HUNT: I want to ask you about that moment in Springfield, Ohio. From someone who has lived there their whole life and who says they’ve not experienced this kind of racially motivated animosity from the members of their community before this past week.

Is President Trump’s rhetoric contributing to what happened to that man, and do you think it’s right?

VIVEK RAMASWAMY: So, look, the reason I went to Springfield is I wanted to have open dialog with the citizens of that community close to where I grew up as well. That was important to me.

And I want to be precise about what that man said, because I think it was actually really important and insightful.

He didn’t say it was in the last week. You heard in that clip, he said it was in the last year.

And I I’ll tell you what I told him to his face, which I believe is true, is a big part of the uptick we are seeing in anti-Black racism and anti-minority racism. And we are seeing that uptick in the country. And it worries me is a response to the anti-racist policies that have increased race consciousness in this country over the last several years.

In the full exchange, Engi very clearly says he was called the n-word “twice this week” and blames the anti-Haitian lies, never modifying his claim. It was Ramaswamy who suggested the timeframe of the past year — and defended the backlash against “the Haitian community”:

BROCK ENGI: You look. You look really good person, by the way, to man. My name is Brock, and I’ve lived in Springfield for 28 years, all my life, pretty much.

Since this story leaked. And this is something everyone needs to hear. The hateful language in this community has spiked. It’s really, really bad!

I’m half Black, I’m half Hungarian — half-Black, half white, whatever you want to say.

I’ve become a target. Hey, I can probably count on my hand both hands. How many times a racial slur has been said my whole life. I’ve been called the N-word twice this week by just people who group me–. It happens!

Even though my skin may be lighter, I think people just group us together. There’s horror stories of people who are darker skinned that have been chased down by people who are white saying, “get out of this country.”.

Friends of mine, friends of friends and say, “Get out of here. You’re Haitian. We don’t want you here,” even with a six month old baby at a grocery store.

So regardless, I find it shameful and I find it inappropriate whether I’m Haitian or American. What would you say to my fellow people here in the community in regards to this rhetoric? I don’t think it could be tolerated.

VIVEK RAMASWAMY: Well, tell me?

BROCK ENGI: Brock.

VIVEK RAMASWAMY: Brock. All right. So this is this is a serious question. I want to take a minute to address this so I could speak some truth here.

I’m in the camp of long standing, believing that the United States of America is not a racist country– the least racist country known to mankind. I have never experienced that type of invidious racism growing up.

But but I also want to speak a hard truth here, because there’s something going on in the country right now. When I say right now, I’m talking like the last 9 to 12 months in this country.

There is a weird uptick in racial tension in this country that did not exist. In the 30 years that I grew up. Right here in southwest Ohio. And I’ll tell you what’s going on, because this gets to this gets to the essence of what’s going on this country and bothers me.

Take the immigration issue. You take 20,000 people who are unprepared to integrate into a community, dump them into a city of 50,000.

You’re going to get a reactionary response. Then you demonize the people who have the reactionary response who say, you’re blaming me? They’re going to have ill will, in this case towards the Haitian community.

On the racial point, let me mention this, too, because I see this happening. There is no better way to create racism in America. Anywhere than to take something else away from someone’s family because of their skin color.

So whether it’s a seat in college or whether it’s a job or now even forms of federal aid under the likes of Gavin Newsom or Kamala Harris say that you only get certain forms of aid if you’re a racial minority for Black or Hispanic, that actually creates more racial animus in response.

And so this is what I think many people on the right sometimes miss, which is that are these anti-racist programs, are they racist against whites or Asians? They are.

But actually, it’s not just that it’s racist against whites and racist against Asians. It is literally fueling a new wave of anti-Black racism in the country that otherwise would not have exist if it weren’t for those woke anti-racist policies in the first place.

It is divide and conquer. It’s the media. The media is throwing kerosene on this. And so here’s what has happened.

It’s like it’s like the final embers of racism were burning out in America, and then they’re throwing kerosene on it all over again. It is a divide and conquer strategy. They want to divide us on ourselves. And you know who it’s up to to make sure they can’t get away with that. It’s up to us. It’s up to we the people to say hell no to that vision.

You will sell us this myth that we’re we’re divided. You’re going to try to pit us against each other. But you know what? We, the people who are citizens of the United States of America, are the people who we actually elect a government to represent. And all of us are American, regardless of our race or creed. And that’s what made this country great the first time around. And that’s how we’re going to make this country great again.

After the event, Engi told The Atlantic it was “a step in a direction. I don’t know if it was the right one. I think it may get worse in the city before it gets better.”

Watch above via CNN This Morning.