Ramaswamy Denies Claim by RNC Chair McDaniel That He Voted for Obama

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‘Iโ€™ve never voted for Obama in my life,’ Mr. Ramaswamy said.

GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has denied claims made by Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Ronna McDaniel that he voted for former Democratic President Barack Obama.

The Ohio entrepreneur took to social media to accuse Ms. McDaniel of “flat-out lying” and reiterated his call for her resignation.

He repeated online anonymous claims that the RNC chair had allegedly vowed not to give โ€œone centโ€ to his campaign after he criticized her during the third GOP debate held on Wednesday.

โ€œIโ€™ve never voted for Obama in my life,โ€ Mr. Ramaswamy told Fox News on Thursday. โ€œSo, for a chair of the RNC to be saying that on national television, is malpractice.โ€

The RNC, in response to inquiries, directed The Epoch Times to a statement denying Ms. McDaniel’s reported remarks about withholding financial support for Ramaswamy’s campaign.

At the third GOP debate in Miami on Wednesday, one day after the Nov. 7 off-year elections that saw Democrats gain ground in key elections, Mr. Ramaswamy said the GOP had become a “party of losers.” He attributed the blame to the Republican establishment and called on Ms. McDaniel to resign.

“I’m not running for anything, so let’s focus on Joe Biden and beating the Democrats,” she said Wednesday night.

In further comments on Thursday, Ms. McDaniel dismissed Mr. Ramaswamy’s comments calling on her to resign, saying that he “needs a headline” and noting that he’s polling at “4 percent.”

She also said the RNC, a federal committee, isn’t involved in state elections.

โ€œWeโ€™re a federal committee, so we werenโ€™t involved in those races on Tuesday,โ€ Ms. McDaniel said. “I know Vivek is kind of newer to the party. He voted for Obama, so he may not know that, but this is something we’re going to have to get right … as a party.”

Ms. McDaniel made her remarks during an interview with Fox News, in which she was responding to criticisms Mr. Ramaswamy leveled at her during the third GOP debate on Wednesday night.

Byย Caden Pearson

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