Trump backs Ramaswamy ad featuring rival Amy Acton’s estranged mother

Donald Trump backed Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican candidate for Ohio governor, amid controversy over an attack ad targeting his Democratic rival, Amy Acton. The ad features Acton’s estranged mother, Donna Arthur, disputing her daughter’s account of a childhood involving homelessness and sexual abuse by her stepfather; Acton says she has not seen her mother since 1978. Republican Governor Mike DeWine urged Ramaswamy to take down the ad, calling it wrong, while Trump branded DeWine disloyal to the Republican Party. Acton’s brother denounced the ad as a “desperate, disgusting attack,” and her campaign called Ramaswamy’s decision to promote it despicable.