Vance defends controversial advert in Ohio
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on France 24
US Vice-President JD Vance defends an offensive advert targeting Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor. The video challenges her account of her childhood and family history, while Vance urges Republicans to stop complaining and win the election, according to France 24.
US Vice-President JD Vance on Wednesday defended a controversial campaign advert broadcast by Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican candidate for Ohio governor. He urged Republicans to ‘stop whining’ and win the election, France 24 reports.
The advert features Donna Arthur, the mother of Democratic candidate Amy Acton, disputing her daughter’s account of a childhood that, according to Acton, included a period of homelessness and sexual abuse. Arthur, from whom her daughter says she has been estranged since 1978, urges Ohio voters not to vote for her.
Amy Acton says she was sexually assaulted by her stepfather when she was 12. He was charged with rape but fled the state and was never tried; he died in 2004. Acton says she and her brother were removed from their mother’s custody because of severe abuse, neglect and sexual abuse. Her brother supports her account.
Vance’s intervention comes as he has recently taken positions on other political issues, including refusing to endorse Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of the Israeli elections on 20 October.
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