Dan Pfeiffer criticizes Ramaswamy's ad featuring Acton's mother
Dan PfeifferPolitical commentator and former Obama White House communications director
Pfeiffer condemned the ad and predicted that it would backfire on Ramaswamy.
“we have a winner for the cycle’s most disgusting ad.”
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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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Pfeiffer criticizes the ad in the public opening and predicts that it will backfire.
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The article's headline predicts that the ad will backfire.
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Pfeiffer then describes the ad, in which Acton's mother urges Ohioans to vote against her daughter.
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Relative to the campaign's use of Acton's mother in the ad, Dan Pfeiffer criticizes that tactic.
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