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Amy Acton returns home for campaign rally | CNN Politics Politics & Governance
CNN International • 2w ago

Amy Acton returns home for campaign rally | CNN Politics

Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton returned to her hometown of Youngstown just one week before Election Day, after her Republican opponent Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign dropped an ad depicting Acton’s estranged mother calling her a liar. CNN’s Lauren Fox reports.

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Republicans make political sport of Amy Acton’s account of childhood rape | CNN Politics World News
CNN International • 3w ago

Republicans make political sport of Amy Acton’s account of childhood rape | CNN Politics

An attack ad featuring Democratic Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton’s estranged motherβ€”and Trump’s praise for herβ€”turns Acton’s account of childhood rape into campaign ammunition. Police and court records from the time show charges against Acton’s stepfather, who was accused of raping her at age 12 and later became a fugitive. That raises questions about why Acton’s opponent, Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, used the estranged mother in the ad. Jake Tapper recounts the documents and analyzes why Trump, Ramaswamy and some other Republicans are standing against childhood sex victims and law enforcement and effectively with the predators.

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