Bombshell Ad Upends Ohio Gov Race As Dem Candidate’s Mom Denounces Her Daughter, Calls Her Pathological Liar
Politicians lie. They lie all the time, and they get called out for it all the time, too. This is nothing new.
When it’s their mother doing the calling out, however, that’s something worth paying attention to.
And boy, is Amy Acton paying attention now.
Acton is the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Ohio, and is hoping to flip control of the governor’s mansion with a win over Republican nominee and 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy.
In her way is herself, including allegations that she’s a bit, ahem, disordered in her private life.
The campaign has already been a nasty one, with Ramaswamy’s supporters accusing Acton of substance abuse and Acton calling the ads against her “garbage” and making claims about Ramaswamy’s use of AI in ads.
Well, nobody’s going to accuse the campaign of getting any nicer after Monday, but now Acton’s whole backstory is being called into question by her mother, who says that her daughter is effectively a pathological liar who invented her life experience.
But first, here’s a refresher on the backstory the former state health director is peddling about living in a tent with her mother:
Remember, this has been her backstory for a while, too, with WKYC-TV reporting that in 2019, “Acton spoke of years of abuse, neglect, and even a period of homelessness while living with her mother after her parents divorced.”
Now, Donna Arthur, Acton’s mother, gets her say.