ABC’s Jonathan Karl put Vivek Ramaswamy on the hot seat Sunday after the former Republican presidential candidate claimed that Donald Trump’s “number one focus” is “uniting the country.”

Karl cited vengeful social media posts from pro-Trump attorney Mike Davis.

“I want to give you just a couple of examples, and believe me there are many, but a couple of examples of what he has said on X,” Karl said of Davis. “He says, ‘Trump’s opponents attempted to bankrupt him for non-fraud, imprison him for non-crimes, and take him off the ballot and take off his head. Now they want unity? F them. Let’s unify them in prison.’ And one more, a short one, ‘Here’s my current mood. I want to drag their dead political bodies through the streets, burn them, and throw them off the wall, legally, politically, and financially, of course.’”

Karl continued, “Now, Davis has said he’s not going into the new administration, but this is a – he was a clerk for Justice Gorsuch. And again, Donald Trump Jr. said this is the kind of guy that could be attorney general.”

Ramaswamy countered that Trump himself hasn’t made such inflammatory statements.

What you’re hearing from Donald Trump is he is going to be a president for all Americans. He is a guy who in that first term, he, you know, he had crowds chanting “lock her up” for Hillary Clinton. He didn’t prosecute her. I think Donald Trump is focused on what makes people’s lives better.

Ramaswamy said it’s time for Democrats to give Trump a chance, continuing, “And I think it’s time to turn the page on a lot of these histrionics or Hitler comparisons or airlifting some quote of some person who Donald Trump —”

Karl jumped in, “I mean, this is somebody who’s been — been pretty a staunch defender of Trump, pretty close to the team and —”

RAMASWAMY: And by your acknowledgement, someone who’s not coming into the administration.

KARL: Okay. So all the talk of retribution, is that gone now?

And by the way, I’ve heard you say that he didn’t prosecute Hillary Clinton. I mean, I’ve talked to Bill Barr about this, he wanted the Justice Department to prosecute, you know, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and they kind of pulled him back.

But your sense is that that retribution talk is done?

RAMASWAMY: I’m going to tell you what Donald Trump has said on this time and again, “Success will be our retribution. Success will be our vengeance.” That’s a direct line from Donald Trump. It’s a beautiful sentiment. And I do think that success is unifying.

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