2024 GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was holding an event in Iowa when he was approached by a woman yelling about abortion; he stopped her ejection and heard her out.
“If someone nonconsensually rapes me, I’m not having their child,” the woman said. “It’s my choice; it’s my body. I’ve already raised my kids that somebody implanted in me and doesn’t take care of. The system does nothing for the single mother. There’s no child support, and nobody goes after them. I raised my child by myself.”
“I want to say: You’re doing one of the most important things, being a mother raising her children in this world,” Ramaswamy said. “Even if we have our disagreements, I want to say thank you. And part of what it means to live in this country is we have free speech. We get to speak our minds openly even if we all don’t agree.”
Ramaswamy was commended on Twitter for listening and promoting open debate.
Stop & watch this:
Vivek Ramaswamy is confronted in Iowa by a hysterical woman yelling about abortion
Instead of bouncing her, he asks a simple question
The kind gesture leads to her telling a heartfelt story & bursting into tears as the room applauds:pic.twitter.com/AmMpWvvmH0
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) July 11, 2023