Amy Acton’s estranged mother drags her in crazy attack ad  

Amy Acton is the Democratic candidate for governor in Ohio, and her opponent is Republican Vivek Ramaswamy. Long-time viewers know I’m personally a fan of Ramaswamy, as he shares many, though not all, of my limited-government libertarian views.  

But today I’m speaking in defense of Acton, and against a vicious smear of which she is the victim.  

Acton’s enemies have run a political ad in which they enlisted Acton’s own mother, whom she has been estranged from since she was 12, to call her a liar. This is a very disturbing ad, for several reasons.  

First, I want to be clear that I think it’s incredibly sickening to bother one’s family members and compel them to speak ill of their relations for partisan political purposes.  

And the details here make it even worse. According to Amy Acton, her mother lost custody of her when she was 12 after the mother’s then husband, who was not Amy Acton’s father, sexually abused her. Amy Acton’s brother has........

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