Ramaswamy Defends Ad Featuring Amy Acton's Estranged Mother, Blames Her 'Failures' | Midterms | N18G

Vivek Ramaswamy has defended a campaign advertisement featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic rival, Amy Acton, in the closely watched race for Ohio governor. Ramaswamy said the advertisement, in which Acton's mother calls her “a liar”, had nothing to do with the abuse Acton faced during her childhood. “The irony is they are lying about an ad that is about lying,” Ramaswamy said at a campaign stop in northeast Ohio on Friday. “They are changing the subject because they do not want to…