Amy Acton calls Ramaswamy's ad featuring her mother despicable
Amy ActonDemocratic nominee for Ohio governor
At a campaign stop, Acton calls Ramaswamy's decision to run the ad featuring her mother despicable.
“This is despicable, what he's done.”
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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 BBC reports Acton's remarks about the ad at a campaign stop on Wednesday evening, October 21, along with Trump's defense of the ad and DeWine's call to take it down.
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In the ad, Acton's mother, Donna Arthur, says Acton lied her entire life. The ad does not mention that Arthur's husband was charged with raping Acton when she was a child.
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Acton added that she had never attacked Ramaswamy's family and would never do that.
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Acton calls what Ramaswamy has done with the ad despicable. That condemns the campaign's use of her mother in the ad.
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“The mother said that Amy Acton, the daughter, is a liar, that she's no good, that she lied about the opponent. How the hell is that his problem?”Read statement
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