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Vivek Ramaswamy: “Violence is never an acceptable response to words. Not in…”

Featuring: Vivek Ramaswamy, Libertarian, Conservative | Former Candidate, President of the United States | National

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'This Is One Of The More Difficult Speeches I've Given': Vivek Ramaswamy Remembers Charlie Kirk

Published | Video Starts at 04:58

And then he's shot and killed in cold blood. I cannot imagine what that does to the psychology of, of an entire generation. Violence is violence. Words are not violence. Violence is violence. And Violence is never an acceptable response to words. Not in the United States of America, not in a free democracy or a constitutional republic. That is who we are. And yet that's exactly what happened. So the question now is, what is our response to what actually happened? That's a hard question. (04:58–05:10)

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Asserts that violence is not an acceptable response to speech in the U.S. or any free democracy.

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