Has Vivek Ramaswamy’s attack ad against Amy Acton backfired?
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- 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…
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- The ad by Ohio Republican Vivek Ramaswamy features his Democratic rival's estranged mother, who she has not seen since her stepfather was charged with sexual abuse in her childhood.
- Nancy Mace said: ‘This ad is going to go down as the most shameful, disgusting, offensive ad this election season’ Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of US politics. We’re less than two weeks out from the mid-term vote and the campaigns are getting even more nasty. Condemnation…
- Her Republican opponent Vivek Ramaswamy is airing the ad featuring her mother, whose husband was charged with sexual abuse in her childhood.
- Republican Mike DeWine says Ramaswamy ‘wrong’ to run controversial ad, drawing swift rebuke from president Ohio’s Republican governor Mike DeWine on Thursday said gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy was “wrong” to release an ad critical of his Democratic rival Amy Acton that featured her…
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- Trump advises the Republican gubernatorial candidate to keep running the controversial advertisement.
- Ramaswamy's ad featuring Acton's estranged mother draws Republican criticism as Ohio governor's race heats up.