Part of Ramaswamy's Acton attack ad triggers venue boycotts, paper's endorsement reversal · 6 stories · since Oct 14 · newest 8d ago
Ramaswamy pulls Ohio ad featuring Acton's estranged mother after backlashRamaswamy campaign confirms the ad has stopped airing
5 Oct 29 6:00 PM · 9d ago · 3 articles · 3 posts · 5 sources · development 5 of 5
The campaign said the ad, backed by $4 million in airtime, ended its run after completing its intended schedule; Ramaswamy said at a Vandalia stop that it had 'run to completion' and that four other ads were now running.
“It ran to completion, and we’ve put up four other ads.”
Vivek Ramaswamy
Vivek Ramaswamy Republican nominee for Ohio governor
Amy Acton Democratic nominee for Ohio governorDonna Arthur Acton's estranged mother, featured in the ad
Mike DeWine Term-limited Ohio Governor, Republican, endorsed RamaswamyAddie Bullock Acton campaign spokesperson
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first by The Columbus Dispatch, 9d ago · also Yahoo
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first by Daily Kos, 10d ago
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first by Newser, 10d ago
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BREAKING: Vivek Ramaswamy’s attack ad featuring his Democratic opponent Amy Acton’s estranged mother has been PULLED from Ohio airwaves following widespread backlash. Ramaswamy claims the ad simply “ran to completion.” His campaign spent $4 MILLION airing it, and Trump defended it yesterday.
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Ramaswamy ad of Acton's estranged mother no longer airing in Ohio https://t.co/SDABDpn7M8 via @DispatchAlerts
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“Ran to completion”. Yep, just like his career.
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Amy Acton will beat Vivek and send him crying for his mommy! 🌊🌊🌊🌊
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Yes! Damage that was done is so bad that it still leads the news when they take it off the air! A self-own so bad they’ll still be teaching about it 50 years from now.
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At this point, he shouldn't get credit for any sort of credit for pulling it, particularly seeing as though he denies he pulled it, but rather it ran to completion. He put the ad out there in the first place, and left it running for a long time even after the uproar. He is still scum.
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Vivek is a piece of useless shit. What a trash human.
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He provided his own rope. And I am here for that.
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#VivekRamaswamy is a terrible human being, in many ways, worse than Donald #Trump. I wouldn’t trust him to deliver my groceries to my front door, let alone hold public office. I cannot believe the election in #Ohio is this close. Ohio, do not embarrass yourself by electing this parasite. 
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What a disgusting I would say man, but the entire Republican party seems to be this way in the Trump decade. SHOWS OVER and no reruns allowed.
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I continually wonder how Ramaswamy got into Harvard and then Yale.
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Took them long enough to figure out people turned against him. He's always been a bit slow to react. What a putz.
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Are we sure that Amy Acton's mom isn't a long lost relative to Piggy? The resemblance is uncanny.😂🤣
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INTENTIONAL MISLEADING OF THE PUBLIC Is Also Known As FELONY ELECTION FRAUD... Also Constitutes Civil Defamation & Slander With Malicious Intent.
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There seriously needs to be an anti political lying law that prosecutes and removes/disqualifies candidates if they lie, or imply falsehoods.
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Naturally . . it was that vile . . the ad by all accounts was 'below the belt' .. but then in this midterm and in the general come '28 .. "retribution" will come presumably w/ "no holds barred" .. even in a post - #Trump era, investigations, indictments, prosecutions . . and imprisonments . .
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Too late. The damage is done (mostly to his own campaign).
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$4 million, spent on an inaccurate & disgraceful ad has proven to be an asset for Democrats as it has highlighted that MAGA is pro peodohilia & sexual abuse of minors with no regards to the welfare of the abused.
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Don’t be surprised if Vivek political career is ruined. The campaign ad was below the belt. Some people will do anything to win regardless who it affects.
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Every time they run this ad, they’re retraumatizing millions of survivors of child sexual abuse. I just don’t understand how anyone can support this POS.
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I think that ad alone just killed his chances, nevermind Vivek being a complete asshole in general.
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Spending four million dollars to sink your campaign has got to be the pinnacle of stupidity.
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Shame on him. Both of them are despicable.
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The ad was reprehensible, disgusting, well below pond scum. That Ramaswamy would DEFEND it, double down on it, shows how completely lacking in character, judgement and basic decency he is. The same, of course, must be said about Trump and Vance. The GOP has descended into glorifying cruelty.
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