Vivek Ramaswamy, one of many many Republican candidates for president who doesn’t have an opportunity in hell of wrestling the nomination away from Trump, remains to be on the marketing campaign path, doing his finest to persuade Trump to choose him for vp. And to construct assist from the far-right, he’s taken a tough anti-Ukraine stance. As you may think about, arguing to chop off assist for Ukraine, block it from becoming a member of NATO and let Russia have no matter land it at the moment occupies has not been universally well-acquired. In response to Ramaswamy (who’s polling at round 7%, by the way in which) and his marketing campaign, it was sufficient to trigger two protesters to ram his automotive at a marketing campaign cease in Iowa.

The Related Press stories that in keeping with Ramaswamy’s spokesperson, “Previous to the protestors ramming their automotive they regularly laid on the horn, flipped employees off and screamed expletives (it appeared in efforts to create commotion.) It appeared just like the protestor couldn’t keep on the occasion or didn’t wish to and needed to make an announcement. (Although I can’t assign motivations.) The motive force started to drive off however stopped abruptly after staffers chased after to get insurance coverage info.”

Police, nevertheless, disagree. In response to their model of occasions, the motive force was a 22-year-old girl who backed her automotive out of a parking spot when she unintentionally hit Ramaswamy’s Ford Expedition. She reportedly advised them “she was not there protesting something, had no concept whose car she had hit, didn’t deliberately trigger the crash and didn’t flee the scene.” Police additionally say there isn’t any proof to assist the marketing campaign’s declare that the crash was intentional or that she tried to drive off.

Since each cops and Republican presidential candidates like to lie, it’s onerous to find out which aspect is definitely telling the reality. However contemplating how robust legislation enforcement helps Republicans, you’d suppose that in the event that they had been going to lie, it might be in assist of Ramaswamy. Then once more, since he’s not white, that throws one other variable into the entire equation. Until extra proof comes out, we’re going to lean towards believing the younger girl’s story that she simply unintentionally hit one other automotive after consuming lunch.