Trump, DeWine Take Opposing Views on Ramaswamy Ad Against Acton

On Thursday, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and President Donald Trump both spoke out on the controversial Amy Acton “Mom Ad” that has gone viral on social media, with Trump calling it “very powerful” and DeWine calling on the Vivek Ramaswamy campaign “to take this down.”

“The ad, on its face, is deeply, deeply troubling,” DeWine told reporters at the Ohio Statehouse.

The campaign ad, which caused a social media firestorm late on Monday, shows Acton’s mom, Donna Arthur, calling her daughter a “liar” for claiming to have lived in a tent. She then warns Ohioans not to elect Acton for governor.

The Acton campaign released a statement in response that brought up childhood sexual abuse that Acton said she suffered at the hands of her stepfather, whom her mother remained married to until his death. DeWine said that backstory makes releasing the ad “more serious” and “more wrong.”

However, Trump had a different viewpoint. The president praised the ad and blasted DeWine’s response.

“Our RINO Governor of Ohio, Mike DeWine, who I unfortunately helped get elected years ago, when he was losing by 16 points prior to my doing a Rally for him was, as usual, disloyal to the Republican Party. He strongly suggested that Vivek should, ‘take down the Ad.’ He probably wants a Dumocrat to win, and certainly doesn’t want someone who will do a much better job than he is capable of doing,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Trump also reiterated his support for the ad and Ramaswamy’s campaign in his post, noting that “Vivek should keep it up.”

Vice President JD Vance, an Ohio native who has spoken frequently of his friendship with Ramaswamy, also expressed support for the ad during a Wednesday rally near Cincinnati as he campaigned for Ramaswamy and other Ohio Republicans on the ticket.

A response from the Ramaswamy campaign, meanwhile, focused on other statements DeWine had made acknowledging that the Acton campaign had attacked Ramaswamy’s mother.

“Governor DeWine is correct that the first and only candidate to attack the mother of her opponent in this race was Amy Acton. She slanderously lied about Vivek’s mother this fall, without shame. We refuse to accept the media’s double standards when Democrats have regularly used family members of President Trump, RFK Jr., and other Republicans in ads. Voters shouldn’t buy it,” Connie Luck, spokesperson for the Ramaswamy campaign, said in a statement to the Daily Signal.

When reached for comment, a spokesperson for DeWine’s office told the Daily Signal that no more statements from the governor’s office were anticipated for the day.

For all of his disappointment in the ad, DeWine is not pulling his endorsement of Ramaswamy.

DeWine endorsed the Republican ticket on Jan. 7, not long after Ramaswamy named Senate President Rob McColley as his running mate.

More from this network:
Domains for Sale · GOTPeople.org · TheDSAPlatform · The Truth About Socialism

Donate to GOTPeople.org