3 days ago · United States
Ramaswamy faces firestorm over US political ad featuring Democrat rival’s estranged mother
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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…
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Ramaswamy faces firestorm over US political ad featuring Democrat rival’s estranged mother
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