“Do you want U.S. taxpayer money to fund the banning of Christians?” Republican presidential candidate asks (+VIDEO)

Miami, November 10, 2023

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The topic of the state persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was raised at least briefly in the third Republican Presidential debate held in Miami on Wednesday.

Presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur with no previous political experience, emphasized that the Church is being persecuted with the support of U.S. taxpayer money.

His comments come just days after the Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations sent a delegation to America to spread propaganda to politicians and influential organizations about Ukraine as a beacon of religious freedom. The canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church was not permitted to send a delegate with the group.

Asked by the debate moderator on Wednesday night whether he is “persuaded by President Zelensky’s new plea” for funding, Ramaswamy raised the issue of the persecuted Church:

I’m absolutely unpersuaded… And I’d like the likes of the sharpest war hawks on Ukraine, Nikki Haley, to have some accountability and answer, do you want to use U.S. taxpayer money to fund the banning of Christians? That is actually what’s happening. They’re using the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. They have banned them. The Ukrainian Parliament just did this last week, supported by our dollars. And I think you owe it to the American people, Nikki, to at least this one time at least condemn, at least to condemn their banning of Christians. Or else we’re talking out of both sides of our mouth here.

Watch his comments below:

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Ramaswamy has raised the issue several times, including in a recent interview with Piers Morgan.

Another journalists, Tucker Carlson, also recently discussed the persecution of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church with Robert Amsterdam, a lawyer who is representing the UOC pro bono.

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11/10/2023

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