# Ohio voter on Ramaswamy ad: ‘The ugliest thing I’ve seen in my lifetime’

https://mins.news/en/video/111993

- CNN, 2026-10-23 00:24 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY-sQ1HCNms

> Trump urged Ohio Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy to keep airing an ad featuring the estranged mother of rival Amy Acton. A source said Trump considered Republicans who criticized it “weak” and saw the party backlash as damaging. A leading election forecaster has shifted the race from a tossup to favorable for Democrats.

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