Ramaswamy’s campaign ad attacking Amy Acton by exploiting her mother’s sexual abuse history sparked severe backlash from fellow Republicans, who condemned it as shameful and despicable.
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Nancy Mace said: ‘This ad is going to go down as the most shameful, disgusting, offensive ad this election season’Responding to the ad yesterday, Amy Acton told a group of voters that her mother was not well and Ramaswamy shouldn’t have “exploited her”.Earlier in the week, her brother had called Ramaswamy’s attack ad a “despicable low” in a statement released by Acton’s campaign:It’s not surprising that Vivek Ramaswamy has stooped to such a despicable low as to attempt to turn the sexual abuse Amy endured at twelve years old from our birth mother’s husband into a political talking point.After he was arrested and Amy and I were removed from their custody, our birth mother stayed married to Amy’s rapist until he died. This desperate, disgusting attack reveals exactly who Vivek Ramaswamy is at his core – a pathetic excuse for a man who is willing to hurt anyone as long as it gets him what he wants.”This ad is going to go down as the most shameful, disgusting, offensive ad this election season.I just can’t believe that this is what passes for decency in this election. Continue reading...
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