Politics

The Amy Acton Ad Came From One of the Darkest Corners of Today’s GOP

No wonder politicians like J.D. Vance are defending it.

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Earlier this week, a shocking campaign video was released by Republican Vivek Ramaswamy’s Ohio gubernatorial campaign. In it, a white-haired woman looks dejectedly at the camera. “Amy has a serious problem,” the woman says. “She is a liar—she lies about her past.”

“Amy” with the serious problem is Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee for governor of Ohio, and the woman is Donna Arthur, Acton’s estranged mother. Amy does seem to have a serious problem, but it’s not her lying.…