# Trump says Amy Acton is ‘fair game’ and accuses press of ganging up on her mother

https://mins.news/en/video/112038

- Guardian News, 2026-10-23 01:37 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZvDdVaBwOY

> Donald Trump accused the media of unfairly targeting Amy Acton’s estranged mother. Acton, the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, had not seen her mother since age 12; the mother recorded an ad for Republican nominee Vivek Ramaswamy, calling her daughter “a liar.”

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