Frank LaRose
Role at the time: Ohio secretary of state
Mixed or conditional
Statement summary
LaRose said he probably would not run such an ad, while stressing that candidates make their own decisions.
“I probably wouldn't run an ad like that, but every candidate gets to make their own decision.”
Open the original interview (opens in a new tab)Frank LaRose discusses complaints about the ad featuring Amy Acton's motherLaRose interview; paragraph beginning He added; qualification after the personal objection
LaRose gives a qualified personal objection to the ad while describing the legal review of complaints. He declines to discuss the complaints' specifics.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
LaRose combines personal reluctance to run the ad with deference to each candidate's choice. His qualified response stops short of an unreserved rejection of the tactic.