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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kelly Rissman

Vivek Ramaswamy defends calling Ayanna Pressley part of ‘modern KKK’

Copyright 2023 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has defended himself from intense backlash after he called Democratic Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and author Ibram X Kendi “modern grand wizards of the modern KKK”.

Mr Ramaswamy made the inflammatory statement during a campaign stop in Iowa after being asked by a voter asked if critics would blame him for white supremacy or call him part of it.

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