GOP presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy dismissed the idea of Ukraine being a “paragon of democracy” while slamming its president Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a “comedian in cargo pants.”
“Level with the American people here. Ukraine is not a paragon of democracy,” Mr. Ramaswamy said during the third GOP debate in Miami on Nov. 8. “This is a country that has banned 11 opposition parties. It has consolidated all media into one state TV media arm. That’s not democratic. It has threatened not to hold elections this year unless the U.S. forks over more money. That is not democratic. It has celebrated a Nazi in its ranks, the comedian in cargo pants, a man called Zelenskyy … That is not democratic.”
