Said Amy Acton, explaining why she won’t debate Vivek Ramaswamy, quoted in “Attack Ad Featuring Candidate’s Mother Turns Ohio Governor’s Race Even Uglier/A Republican ad features Amy Acton’s estranged mother calling her daughter a liar. The two have not spoken
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