Jonah Goldberg criticizes Vance's defense of Ramaswamy's ad
Jonah GoldbergPolitical commentator
Goldberg called Vance's defense of Ramaswamy's ad shameful.
“So shameful.”
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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 author evaluates the ad or the defense of it. The quoted material provides the context for that response.
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Goldberg referred to Vance's description of the ad as calling things as they are.
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He judged that defense shameful.
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Why this label?
Relative to the campaign's use of Acton's mother in the ad, Jonah Goldberg criticizes that tactic.
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