Vivek Ramaswamy squirms from MSNBC host Mehdi Hasa after being asked why he accepted a $50K Soros law scholarship when he had made almost $1 million from his hedge fund

Daily Mail ^ | September 7, 2023 | Harriet Alexander

[Reno89519]

...Vivek Ramaswamy took a $50,000 [Soros] scholarship ... despite being wealthy... [A]sked during a July appearance ... about the scholarship, claimed he took the money because he could not afford the Yale law school fees.

But the explanation was ripped to shreds by MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan on Thursday, leaving a visibly squirming Ramaswamy struggling to change the subject.

'You say you are anti-identity politics, anti-Affirmative Action, ...

'And your defense for that is that you didn't have the money to pay for law school.

'Even though you had already made over a million dollars at the time.'

...

Hasan, holding Ramaswamy's tax records in his hand, replied: 'I'm interested in the truth, Vivek.

...

Ramaswamy retorted: 'I think it's pathetic. I think it's sad and pathetic that we have important issues to talk about...'

...

Ramaswamy initially attempted to deny having claimed he couldn't afford the fees...

Hasan replied: 'No - you said it was because you did not have the money.'

Ramaswamy countered: 'I didn't say I didn't have the money...

'No - you said exactly that: I did not have the money... You keep forgetting your quote. You said: "I did not have the money."'

...

... for 2009, Ramaswamy reported $644,676 in income ... 2010, the year he began attending classes at Yale, ... $485,895. In July 2011 he was named a Soros Fellow and declared $2.25 million in income.

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As Hasan continued pressing ... Ramaswamy ... tried a different explanation. 'Every 24 year old should take $50,000,' ...

'Hold on ...' said Hasan. 'You had the money to pay for law school.

'You didn't need a Soros affirmative action scholarship that you now criticize.'

Ramaswamy, growing increasingly agitated, asked Hasan: 'Which falsehood would you like me to address ... ?'

[Reno89519]

Affirmative action beneficiary caught lying. Nice job Vivek. /s

[dfwgator]

That’s what we call a “Kill Shot”.

[nickcarraway]

How old was he?

If he had all that money, how could he be eligible?

[nickcarraway]

Trump was bailed out by Soros, and spent a Christmas Eve with him more recently, but he survived.

[cgbg]

The “needed a scholarship” was a critical lie—because that was V’s excuse for taking Soros money. That means he almost certainly did know who Soros was (which he denied)—and that means he really was a poster boy for the WEF.

That also means his company was really a money laundering operation so his backers could feed him cash to control him.

Game.

Set.

Match.

[cgbg]

With V it is the combination of factors.

One explanation is credible, but after you stack enough excuses on top of each other what you get is just another WEF lackey.

[Fai Mao]

The proper answer is: “Why not? Why should I turn down free money? To have not taken it would be irresponsible.”

[Chgogal]

Effective Smart Arse reply would have been, “You are right, I should run as a Democrat.”

So Soros is giving away money to billionaires? I doubt it.

[MuttTheHoople]

The Republican Barack Obama

[SaveFerris]

D’oh!!

[Reno89519]

That’s the problem, this was a needs based scholarship so either Vivek lied or it was an inside deal.

[dforest]

Well many have been saying we do not know enough about this guy yet.

[Sacajaweau]

so what...scholarships/Fellowships are not just for the poor.

[cgbg]

There are so many excuses for V....the dog ate his homework too!

[logitech]

He’s dead,Jim

[Owen]

https://www.pdsoros.org/apply/eligibility

He appears to be eligible. I don’t see a needs basis in their list.

[Sacajaweau]

It was a merit scholarship...not a needs scholarship. Rich kids get scholarships, too.

[one guy in new jersey]

There WAS a good reason for turning down the money.

Soros’ plans for the world were, even then, known (or at least knowable) to be malign and psychopathic.

That being the case, to take the money would have been to show support for a malign individual. A psychopath with global influence. Bad juju!

[algore]

from my earlier comment:

Romney Swami had "earned" 1 million dollars the year the Soros family gave him $40k for school.

I know they (Soros family) say lots of things about how they always give this money to (disadvantaged) children of immigrants but I am sure I could find other Soros money going to his parents as well.

But Soros is a figurehead, he enjoys his position as much as Epstein did, but they are also only well compensated actors who enjoy their positions.

I know a lot of .Indians who are very well compensated for their work, and honestly some of them are smarter than I am I enjoyed talking with them (some .indian women as well) but the women were always treated like crap but they worked much harder than the men.

The other thing I noticed is that once they get into some kind of management position they would always hire a .indian before anyone else. I worked in a large building once where there were 5% natural citizens besides .indian there were a lot of Chinese, and also a lot of people from europe including the former soviet union, but they all tended to be the best and brightest.

but it was the .Indians and Chinese who increased as everyone else was pushed out.

I am sure Vivek is extremely smart, but I think he is a puppet and he likes it.

just like this other Vivek puppet.

[Reno89519]

Okay, I’ve read differently, but if so, what is the excuse about lying about it?