Nancy Mace calls Ramaswamy's ad featuring Acton's mother the most shameful of the election season
Nancy MaceU.S. representative from South Carolina
Mace calls Ramaswamy's ad the most shameful, disgusting and offensive of the election season and says it will hurt Republicans in Ohio.
“This ad is going to go down as the most shameful, disgusting, offensive ad this election season.”
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Ramaswamy's campaign defends using Amy Acton's estranged mother in an attack ad
Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign produced an advertisement in which Amy Acton's estranged mother accuses her of lying. Acton says Ramaswamy took advantage of her mother, and the campaign defends its attack on Acton's credibility. Critics from both parties condemn the tactic, while Laura Loomer defends it.
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The Lead's account posts a clip of Mace's interview with Jake Tapper, quoting her description of the ad and her view that it will take time for Republicans to recover from it.
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Reports Mace's remarks on CNN's The Lead on October 21, including her description of the ad as the most shameful, disgusting and offensive of the election season, her view that it will hurt Republicans in Ohio and down the ballot, and her comments on women voters.
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Mace speaks with Jake Tapper on CNN's The Lead.
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She tells Tapper the ad will hurt Republicans in Ohio and down the ballot, and The Hill reports she said Republicans are losing the support of women voters.
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Mace explicitly condemns using Acton's mother and abuse history in the ad.
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