Is Vivek Ramaswamy really paying attention, or is he just pounding away at the proverbial hot button? Vivek has been drumming about abolishing, dismantling, and/or defunding the FBI for quite some time. He made it a feature of both presidential debates, haranguing Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) for not being ideologically pure enough to stump for the destruction of the federal agency which leads the crusade against child sexual abuse.

The FBI is nothing if not a public relations nightmare. More than that, it has engaged in blatant acts of partisanship, and is led by a cadre of senior executives who seem bent on making the job of communicating a balanced view of the FBI, its problems, and real solutions as difficult as possible. In addition, FBI Director Wray routinely adds insult to injury by responding opaquely to legitimate congressional inquiry.

But, Vivek hasn’t engaged more than a couple of brain cells on the subject of FBI politicization. I get the feeling he’s just reading the room and emoting belt-fed rhetoric in his sample tested style of machine-gun double speak. He’s like a pull-string doll. Just yank the cord and wait for the tinny, prerecorded dialogue.

Ramaswamy is sputtering in the polls, with just 5% of Republican voters. The guy just doesn’t pass the smell test.

Last Thursday, as Vivek trolled Iowans for political table scraps, he posted on X (formerly Twitter) about an encounter with a “former FBI Agent and his wife.” Vivek went on excitedly, “They agree with me: we need to root out the........

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