Don Kissick says using Acton's abuse history against her shows an abusive personality
Don KissickLibertarian nominee for Ohio governor, posting on X
Kissick, the Libertarian nominee for Ohio governor, wrote that using a person's history of abuse against them and then gaslighting about it reflects an abusive personality, and named Ramaswamy and the Ohio Republican Party.
“You don't weaponize someone's personal history of being a victim of abuse against them — and then shift gears and gaslight everyone about the situation — unless you, yourself, have an abusive personality. That is Vivek Ramaswamy and the Ohio Republican Party.”
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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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Post by Don Kissick, the Libertarian nominee for Ohio governor, quoting another Libertarian's post that criticized Republicans for featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother in a video attacking her.
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Kissick posted the morning after the video of Donna Arthur calling her daughter a liar began circulating. He quoted another Libertarian's post that criticized Republicans for featuring Acton's mother against her.
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The next day, at a press conference in Ottawa, Ohio, Kissick called on Ramaswamy to withdraw from the race.
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Relative to the Ramaswamy campaign's use of Acton's estranged mother in an attack ad, Kissick criticizes turning Acton's history of abuse against her and attributes that conduct to Ramaswamy and the Ohio Republican Party.
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