Ohio gubernatorial ad features opponent's mother
The Guardian reports that the campaign of Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for Ohio governor, released a televised attack ad featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton. In the ad, Acton’s mother accuses her daughter of lying and urges voters not to support her. The article recounts that Acton says she has been estranged from her mother since she was 12, when she and her brother were removed from their mother’s custody after their stepfather was arrested and charged with raping her; Acton says she last saw her mother at the courthouse, where the mother came to support her husband as Acton testified. The piece situates this episode in a broader pattern of particularly harsh attack advertising in the current election cycle and also notes coverage of campaign-trail moments with a Democratic candidate in Kansas. The article reports voters’ reactions as showing humane responses to the ad's personal content.
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