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Democrat's mother calls her a 'liar,' tells Ohioans not to vote for her in damning video

Democrat Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton is leading Republican Vivek Ramaswamy in the polls by 3.6 percentage points with Election Day just two weeks away. It appears, however, that Acton's mother may have thrown Ramaswamy a lifeline. D.J. Byrnes, an Ohio political blogger who was found guilty of sexual harassment earlier this month for sending a…

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