Vivek Ramaswamy Faces Backlash and Trump Support Over Controversial Ad Featuring Rival's Mother

10/24/2026

Ramaswamy rejected criticism of the advert, which features Amy Acton's birth mother, calling her a "liar" and making remarks suggesting she has mental health issues.

10/23/2026

Biotech billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy embarked on a statewide bus tour across Ohio with fellow Republicans on Friday, even as his gubernatorial campaign's ad featuring the estranged mother of...

10/23/2026

Trump defended Vivek Ramaswamy over an Ohio governor campaign ad featuring his Democratic rival Amy Acton's estranged mother.

10/23/2026

Vivek Ramaswamy defended the ad he's running featuring his opponent's estranged mother, saying it's an ad about lying, not about sexual abuse.

10/23/2026

The ad targets Vivek Ramaswamy's Democratic opponent, Amy Acton, by featuring her estranged biological mother, Donna Arthur, who calls her daughter "a liar"

10/23/2026

10/23/2026

CNN star questions President Donald Trump’s decision to go to bat for advert in which Democrat Amy Acton is accused by her own mother, whom she has not spoken to in 48 years, of lying about her...

10/22/2026

Trump says the controversy over Amy Acton’s estranged mother has ‘nothing to do with Vivek’, while Vance blasts Republican critics and Nikki Haley.