.VivekGRamaswamy told Breitbart News that 'the Second Amendment was critical to securing the rest of the civil rights' for black Americans.
Breitbart News spoke with presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy on Wednesday, and he stressed, historically speaking, that “the Second Amendment was critical to securing the rest of the civil rights” for black Americans.
He made this statement in the context of discussing an exchange between himself and Don Lemon, which occurred last week and centered on black Americans and civil rights. Ramaswamy told Breitbart News, “What made Lemon’s head explode–and I was on set with him, and I watched the thought process happen in his mind–was that I ran counter to his belief that civil rights equals good and Second Amendment equals bad. So when I explained to him that as a matter of history, it actually turns out that black people in this country did not get their civil rights secured until their Second Amendment freedoms were secured.
He noted, “That sent Lemon into a tailspin because that combines two concepts that, to him, are opposed: civil rights and the Second Amendment. He reacted as many on the left would, thinking civil rights are good, the Second Amendment is bad, failing to realize that the Second Amendment is a requirement for all the other amendments and all the other freedoms we enjoy.”
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