Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican candidate for Ohio governor, faced a firestorm of criticism Wednesday over an ad featuring Democratic rival Amy Acton’s estranged mother, whose husband was charged with raping Acton when she was a child.
Acton has not spoken with her mother, Donna Arthur, since her childhood, when she accused her then-stepfather of sexually abusing her for years.
In the ad, Arthur says her daughter has “lied her entire life.”
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“Don’t let her become your governor. If you think she’ll make your life better, you’re fooling yourself,” Arthur says.
On Tuesday, Acton issued a statement saying she and her brother “endured abuse, hunger,
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