Thomas calls the ad poor campaign strategy
Luke ThomasJournalist and Morning Kombat co-host, on CNN This Morning
Thomas calls the ad strategically poor and expects it to worsen Ramaswamy's already higher negatives relative to Acton.
“But the thing is, it's also just strategically poor. Vivek had much higher negatives relative to Acton before the polling started and when this ad came out. I can only imagine that's going to exacerbate, in a sense.”
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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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Audie Cornish discusses the ad with Noel King, Luke Thomas and Carine Hajjar. CNN labels the transcript a rush copy subject to revision.
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Thomas criticizes the ad and Trump's defense of it before turning to its possible electoral effects.
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The panel then considers Mike DeWine's and Ashley Hinson's calls for the ad to come down.
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The matter under scrutiny is the Ramaswamy campaign's ad using Acton's estranged mother. Luke Thomas criticizes the ad or the decision to promote it.
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Read the full caseRamaswamy says the ad concerns lying rather than childhood abuse
“It had nothing to do with childhood abuse.”Read statement
Hajjar says Ohio voters deserve a policy debate instead
“They deserve a substantive policy debate, not -- I mean, this is the culmination of what has been, actually, a very nasty race in Ohio for a while now.”Read statement
King says Ramaswamy has gone off the rails with the ad
“He has had his enemies. He has also, I think, along the way, convinced a lot of people. And in this instance, I think he is simply -- he's off the rails.”Read statement
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