Vivek Ramaswamy, ‘White Supremacy,’ and the Day I Interviewed George Wallace

The memory of my 1964 interview with George Wallace came back to me when watching a recent video of an encounter the between Vivek Ramaswamy and a reporter.

Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy holds a town hall in Ames, Iowa, at 9 a.m. CT/10 a.m. ET on Jan. 5, 2024. NTD

Commentary

Yes, as the title reads, I did interview George Wallace, the governor of Alabama who stated in his Jan. 14, 1963, inaugural speech, “In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say, segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.”