COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — For months, Ohio’s governor’s race has been fought with increasingly personal campaign messages.
Now, after an armed man pushed through a crowd toward Democratic nominee Amy Acton at the Canfield Fair, the campaigns are confronting a question that extends beyond the ads themselves: How does political rhetoric shape the way voters understand and respond to moments of conflict?
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Acton was speaking Sunday at the Mahoning County Democratic Party tent when, according to her campaign, 38-year-old Patrick Havas forced his way through the crowd toward her, knocking over multiple people, according to the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office.
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