Vivek Ramaswamy faces criticism from within his own party for his message on Israel

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Vivek Ramaswamy has faced criticism from within his own party for his message on Israel, and he's likely to face more fire from his fellow GOP candidates at next week's debate.

When it comes to the Israel-Hamas war, there are three Vivek Ramaswamy messages.

There’s the one he gives to predominantly Jewish audiences, as he did Saturday in Las Vegas at the Republican Jewish Coalition Summit: that the nation of Israel is strong and doesn’t need the U.S. to defend itself.

There’s the one he delivers on the campaign trail, where he reminds Americans that Israel “isn’t our 51st state” and stresses that an attack on Israel isn’t the same as an attack on the U.S.

And then there’s the message he uses more sparingly, as he did in an interview in which he argues that clamping down on pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses is a First Amendment violation and that hate speech is also free speech.