Ramaswamy slams Trump prosecutions however says he wouldn’t have nominated ‘phony slates of electors’

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy stated Sunday he disagreed with former President Donald Trump‘s endorsement of slates of pretend electors in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

But Mr. Ramaswamy, a defender of Mr. Trump who has vowed to pardon him if convicted, emphasised there’s a “difference between bad judgment and a crime.”

The unauthorized slates of electors are a part of two of the felony instances towards Mr. Trump associated to making an attempt to overturn the election. 

“If I were the U.S. president, I would have never let it get to that place,” Mr. Ramaswamy stated on ABC’s “This Week.” “I would not have nominated phony slates of electors.” 

He went on to chastise the felony prosecutions towards Mr. Trump, the main GOP presidential candidate, as setting a “dangerous precedent.”

“I do draw a distinction between bad behavior and illegal behavior,” Mr. Ramaswamy stated. “And once we start conflating those two things, I think we’re on a long, downward slide as a country.”