Vance Addresses Amy Acton’s Mom Ad During Cincinnati Campaign Stop

Just days after President Donald Trump campaigned for Ohio candidates in the greater Cincinnati area, Vice President JD Vance returned to his home state of Ohio to campaign for Republicans once again, and to address an ad about Amy Acton that has gone viral.

During a stop in Cincinnati on Wednesday, Vance campaigned for Eric Conroy, who is facing Democrat Rep. Greg Landsman in Ohio’s 1st Congressional District, and Sen. Jon Husted, who is running against Democrat Sherrod Brown in a special election.

He also campaigned for Vivek Ramaswamy, who is running for governor against Acton, Ohio’s former health department director.

But it was a recent campaign ad featuring Acton’s mom that drew considerable attention during event. In the social media ad, Acton’s mom, Donna Arthur, calls her daughter a “liar” and says Acton never lived in a tent as a child, contrary to the candidate’s claim out on the campaign trail and in ads.

The ad has gained widespread media attention, both for the use of a family member in a negative campaign ad, and because Acton and others say Acton suffered childhood sexual abuse from her stepfather and that she and her mother have been estranged for many years.

The Ramaswamy campaign released a statement on Tuesday calling Acton “a serial fabulist who has some serious problems with the truth.” The campaign has since confirmed that they were behind the ad, which cost $4 million.

Vance addressed the controversial ad in his speech, stating first that he has “watched the Democrats lie about [Ramaswamy’s] family” and “throw every dirty trick in the political book at Vivek.”

“The whole time Vivek has stood tall, and he has talked about what he wants to accomplish for the people of Ohio, and now the media and the Democrats in the state of Ohio are obsessed because, guess what, Vivek Ramaswamy had the audacity to run a TV commercial, which calls it out like it is, and calls Amy Acton a liar,” the vice president said.

“And my message, ladies and gentlemen, is very simple. Whatever you think about any of the TV advertisements, focus on the substance, and focus on the facts,” Vance continued.

Vance brought up Acton’s record as the health director during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying she is the one “who tried to mask your children.”

“So, when she goes out there and pretends to be a reasonable moderate, or when she tries to make the campaign about TV commercials instead of about the people of Ohio, you remind Amy Acton that Ohio is about common sense, not far-left radicals,” he said.

The vice president then contrasted Ramaswamy and Acton, sharing how he’s never heard Ramaswamy complain about ads against him. “I have never once heard Vivek say anything except for his passion to serve the people of Ohio, and that’s what you want in a governor,” he said to applause from the crowd.

Vance added that he, too, was concerned about the long-term effect that school closures and forced masking had on children due to Acton’s directives.

“It was obvious that our kids were suffering learning disabilities, that their speech wasn’t developing the right way because of what we were doing with regards to COVID,” he said. ” … That’s the only time we have ever seen Amy Acton in action. That is what we know we are getting if we make the mistake of electing that woman to be the next governor of Ohio.”

He later criticized Acton for refusing to debate Ramaswamy, and he said she is “listening to the far-left bureaucrats, not to the parents who are raising the next generation of the state of Ohio.”

Vance also addressed Conroy running against Landsman, as well as Husted’s race against Brown, reminding the crowd how Trump has been particularly complimentary of Husted’s physique and skills as a football player.

The vice president also warned of Landsman and Brown’s liberal records, adding a personal touch as an Ohio native.

The vice president even turned a moment with a protester pretending to be a MAGA supporter and getting thrown out into a lighthearted pitch against Democrats.

Vance and Trump have both appeared in key battleground states this week. The midterm election is Nov. 3, now less than two weeks away.

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