Ramaswamy welcomes former Iowa Republican Rep Steve King's endorsement, defends 'villainized' ex-congressman

Controversial former Iowa Rep. Steve King endorsed Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy ahead of the January 15 caucuses.

"But for my purposes, he and I have found common cause in issues that no other Republican candidate is speaking to – against the CO2 pipeline using eminent domain to seize the land of innocent farmers who don’t want that built in their backyards. Somebody who actually, before it was cool, was calling for building the wall. Now something we accept needs to be normalized policy in this country," Ramaswamy said. "And so yes, I’m proud to have his endorsement, and I’ve met so many Iowans on the ground who are very different from the media who understand somebody actually stood to represent their interests saying the things that other people weren’t willing to say on issues ranging from the carbon capture pipeline to actually securing our borders, to actually reviving our national identity and even making English the national language of the United States, which I agree with. And so I’m proud to have his endorsement. I’m not a political analyst, that’s your job. Maybe you should try doing it."  Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace. 

King captioned the X post, writing, "Vivek Ramaswamy speaking Truth to Fiction!"