Adam Edelman is a political reporter for NBC News.
Vivek Ramaswamy slammed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in blistering remarks during Wednesday's Republican presidential debate, making a Nazi reference and calling Zelenskyy a 'comedian in cargo pants.' During an exchange about whether he would support sending additional support to Ukraine, Ramaswamy, an aggressive critic of U.S.
However, campaign spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin told The New York Times that the candidate’s remark was in reference to an incident in September in Canada during which the nation’s parliament held a celebration of a Ukrainian Canadian veteran who was later discovered to have served in a Nazi-aligned military unit. Zelenskyy was in attendance during the celebration, which happened before the revelation, and joined in a standing ovation honoring the man.
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