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Fact check: 4 lies in Right Direction PAC’s ad questioning Amy Acton’s conduct and leadership

Right Direction PAC is airing an ad portraying Amy Acton as having a substance-abuse problem while questioning her handling of Ohio’s COVID response. We found four claims that don’t match the evidence.

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Obama to stump for Sherrod Brown, Amy Acton in OhioFormer President Barack Obama will join gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton and Sherrod Brown at a Cleveland rally on Oct. 24.

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Vivek Ramaswamy calls to end sanctuary cities. Where Ohio has themGovernor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy wants to do away with sanctuary cities in Ohio. The state has just four areas that would be considered sanctuaries.

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‘What in the Cornell hell?’ JD Vance creeps out internet with bar joke about Ohio DemocratVice President JD Vance faced a wave of backlash Friday after making a personal joke about an Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate during a campaign rally in his home state. Speaking in Lima, Ohio, at an event supporting Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy, Vance called Democrat Amy Acton, the former Ohio health director, “a crazy person”…

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JD Vance Tries to Be Funny and Comes Across WeirdVice President JD Vance just asked Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton out for drinks. Vance’s strange invitation came during a Friday rally in his home state of Ohio for embattled Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. “[Vivek] Ramaswamy is running against a crazy person,” Vance said. “Amy Acton, I have to be honest with you,…

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Fact check: Ramaswamy’s $21 billion claim about Amy Acton is a lieA Ramaswamy campaign ad claims Amy Acton would double Ohio income taxes and add $21 billion in spending. The claim is unsupported.

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Vivek Ramaswamy Features Sex Offender in Campaign AdIn September, Ohio GOP gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy posted (and quickly deleted) a video on social media featuring himself shaking hands with a registered sex offender. He again featured that same man in a television campaign ad a month later, according to reporting from The Bulwark . In 2006, Amherst, Ohio, resident Vernon Edwards pleaded…

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Amy Acton wants free school meals for every Ohio studentDemocratic gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton wants Ohio to provide free breakfast and lunch for every public school student.

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Vivek Ramaswamy ad lies about Amy Acton’s energy policiesA Ramaswamy campaign ad falsely claims Amy Acton wants to halt oil production, subsidize green energy and raise Ohioans’ energy bills.

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