Surprise ad springs up ahead of the Ohio governor election in which Amy Acton’s estranged mother says her daughter is a liar.
Because she’s a liar, the Ohio gubernatorial election became more heated with Amy Acton’s mother appearing in a Republican advertisement urging voters not to vote for her daughter.
Vivek Ramaswamy came under fire as Democrats said he stooped too low by covertly roping in Amy Acton’s estranged mother Donna Stearns Arthur. She is a liar,” Acton’s mother said in the video. The video looked like a campaign-style video but it is not known who made it, and it first appeared on X by handles who raise money for conservatives. Later, even Donald Trump Jr shared the video. “I love my daughter, but when I saw her lying about her opponent — it is not easy for a mother to say this, but Amy has a serious problem.
In a 2019 interview with The Vindicator, Acton described her traumatic childhood where she experienced abuse, neglect and a period of homelessness. Acton said in the 2019 interview the last time she spoke with her mother was in the courthouse where her stepfather was arrested, saying she “went to give her a kiss, and she just turned her cheek away.
Acton’s brother, Philip Stearns, blamed Vivek Ramaswamy for orchestrating the stunt and said it was “not surprising that Vivek Ramaswamy has stooped to such a despicable low as to attempt to turn the sexual abuse Amy endured at twelve years old from our birth mother’s husband into a political talking point. In a statement to POLITICO, Ramaswamy’s campaign spokesperson Connie Luck said the public needs to be aware of Amy Acton. “We don’t know what happened between Amy and her mother, who first spoke out about Amy in 2020, but we know that Amy Acton is a serial fabulist who has some serious problems with the truth that the public needs to be aware of before deciding who to entrust as governor,” Luck said. “Everyone who knows her best — her former boss, her former state colleagues, her fellow physicians, and now her own mother — are clearly warning Ohioans not to vote for her,” Luck said.
“People can change, but first they have to tell the truth. And my daughter still isn’t doing that. Don’t vote for people who lie. Don’t let her become your governor. If you think she’ll make your life better, you’re fooling yourself. Later, charges were filed against Acton’s stepfather, and she moved in with her father and relatives. That was the last time I ever saw her.