# Trump tells Ramaswamy not to pull controversial Ohio governor ad

https://mins.news/en/video/112037

- CNN, 2026-10-23 01:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUcJBdo2IG0

> Fallout continues over an ad by Republican nominee Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Dr. Amy Acton. Trump backed the ad on social media, saying he wished his opponents’ mothers would also come forward to call their children liars, and worse.

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