Acton condemns Ramaswamy in an October 24 interview
Amy ActonDemocratic nominee for Ohio governor
Asked by ABC News what she would say to Ramaswamy, Acton says she has no words for him and that she thinks there is no low he would not sink to.
“I really have no words for Mr. Ramaswamy. I think there is no low that he wouldn't sink to.”
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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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ABC News report by Juhi Doshi, republished by ABC30. It includes her October 24 interview with Acton and quotations from Obama at the Cleveland rally.
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In an ABC News interview after her October 24 rally with Obama in Cleveland, Acton is asked what she would say to Ramaswamy, whom she has never met in person.
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She then speaks to survivors of abuse, urging anyone going through it now to hold on and to tell someone they feel safe with.
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The reference point is the Ramaswamy campaign's use of Acton's estranged mother in its ad. ABC News interviewed Acton about the ad and its defense by Trump and Vance, and asked what she would say to Ramaswamy. Her answer, that there is no low he would not sink to, is a direct criticism of his conduct in the dispute.
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