evidence: Republican 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was hit with criticism on Monday by social media users for alleged comments he made about 9/11. However, a spokesperson for Ramaswamy told Newsweek he was speaking about the January 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol and not 9/11. [...] According to Tricia McLaughlin, the Ramaswamy campaign's communications director, he was referring to the riots on the U.S. Capitol when he mentioned the federal agents. [...] What has drawn the ire of many people from The Atlantic article is Ramaswamy reportedly suggesting federal agents could have been aboard the hijacked commercial airliners that crashed into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City.