Jon Husted
Role at the time: U.S. senator
Condemned
Statement summary
Husted said he would not have run the ad featuring Acton's mother.
“I would not have run that ad”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Jon Husted's statement to AP about the ad featuring Amy Acton's motherParagraph beginning I would not have run that ad; October 21 report, updated 7:20 p.m. EDT
AP directly quotes Husted's statement to the outlet. The preceding paragraph says he shared the stage with Vance and Ramaswamy but did not discuss the ad at the rally.
Why we used this label
Husted expressly rejects running the ad himself. The label concerns that rejection of the campaign tactic, without attributing a broader moral denunciation to him.