Vivek Ramaswamy campaign ad for Ohio ‘shameful, disgusting’, says Republican congresswoman – US politics live

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Responding to the ad yesterday, Amy Acton told a group of voters that her mother was not well and Ramaswamy shouldn’t have “exploited her”.

Earlier in the week, her brother had called Ramaswamy’s attack ad a “despicable low” in a statement released by Acton’s campaign: It’s not surprising that Vivek Ramaswamy has stooped to such a despicable low as to attempt to turn the sexual abuse Amy endured at twelve years old from our birth mother’s husband into a political talking point.

After he was arrested and Amy and I were removed from their custody, our birth mother stayed married to Amy’s rapist until he died. This desperate, disgusting attack reveals exactly who Vivek Ramaswamy is at his core – a pathetic excuse for a man who is willing to hurt anyone as long as it gets him what he wants.”

The ad, which had circulated among conservatives on social media, featured Acton’s mother, Donna Arthur, urging Ohioans to not vote for her daughter. The Ohio gubernatorial campaign between Acton and R