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Ohio Democrat’s family criticizes Vivek Ramaswamy for bringing up estranged mother in gubernatorial ad

Amy Acton’s brother calls campaigning on his sister’s sexual abuse from their mother’s husband ‘a despicable low’ The family of Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio, is criticizing her Republican opponent Vivek Ramaswamy for using Acton’s estranged mother in a recently released campaign ad. In the ad, which has circulated among…

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‘That ad made me feel worse’: Conservatives recoil from Ramaswamy over jarring attack adConservatives are expressing second thoughts about Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy over an attack ad featuring the long-estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton, which Acton’s campaign has blamed on him. The ad, which features Acton’s mother, Donna Arthur, accusing her of lying about her background and about Ramaswamy,…
'Get out!' GOP candidate snaps when confronted about sex offender in campaign adAn encounter between Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and an unidentified man “quickly” went “off the rails,” according to the progressive media organization MeidasTouch, which shared a video of the incident. Ramaswamy came under scrutiny this week after one of his campaign ads featured a video of the Republican candidate shaking…

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JD Vance shocks and appalls with comment on controversial GOP ad: 'Morally bankrupt'Vice President JD Vance disgusted onlookers by defending a widely condemned attack ad targeting a Democratic gubernatorial candidate in his home state of Ohio. The vice president was asked Wednesday at campaign event near Cincinnati to comment on fellow Republican Vivek Ramaswamy’s ad featuring the long-estranged mother of Democrat Amy Acton, but Vance…
Vivek Ramaswamy's team saw his ugly attack ad as a 'stroke of genius': reportOhio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s chief strategist reportedly presented a new attack as a "stroke of genius" even though it featured Democratic rival Amy Acton's estranged mother, who had defended her daughter's alleged abuser. D.J. Byrnes, author of the Ohio political newsletter The Rooster , identified the strategist as Jai…

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