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Vivek Ramaswamy's team saw his ugly attack ad as a 'stroke of genius': report

Ohio 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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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…
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