Trump doubles down on defending Vivek Ramaswamy’s attack ad against Amy Acton
President Donald Trump doubled down Friday on his support of a widely condemned attack ad against Democratic Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton, saying that he won’t change his mind about the $4 million ad campaign by her Republican opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy, that features her estranged mother calling her a “liar.”
Speaking to reporters outside the White House, Trump was asked if he has changed his mind about defending the minutelong ad, now that he knows the backstory about Acton’s late stepfather, whom Acton has said sexually abused her as a child.
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