If Amy Acton suffered abuse as a child, she has my sympathy. However, nothing she’s said or done has inspired me to vote for her. She’s campaigning as a moderate Dem, but so did Virginia governor Spanberger who now supports males in women’s sports & sanctuary city policies that make it easier for migrant children to be rape trafficked. Some would say Acton showing up at campaign stops apparently drunk is the biggest of all red flags. However for me it’s the fact that she refuses debate her opponent @VivekGRamaswamy Anyone running for office should be able to defend the positions they claim to hold. #ohiovoter

Vivek Just Showed Ohio Conservatives the Only Real Choice: Stand for the Truth and Fight or Lose Ohio to the Mob For years, Ohio’s conservative voters have watched their leaders refuse to stand for the truth, push back against the left’s lies and intimidation, & fold at the first sign of political discomfort. The last 48 hours confirmed that pattern, with one critical exception (Vivek Ramaswamy) After a controversial ad in which Amy Acton’s own mother described her as a serial liar unfit to serve as governor, the Acton campaign, online supporters, and aligned media immediately constructed a deflection narrative. Rather than address the mother’s documented claims, they centered the story on character assassination, introducing the premise of sexual-abuse trauma in an apparent effort to discredit the mother and shut down further scrutiny of Acton’s record of dishonesty. W/in 24 hours, multiple Republican and conservative influencers surrendered to the media’s preferred framing & Acton’s victim narrative. They abandoned the core issue of her documented dishonesty and retreated from the all-too-familiar mob tactics of the left. Vivek Ramaswamy did not, he STOOD. He refused to retreat from a documented pattern of serial lying & deception evident throughout Amy Acton’s personal and professional life. While most conventional Republican politicians who claim they will fight fold once in office and distance themselves, Vivek doubled down. He understands that accepting the left’s false premise is not only dishonest, it is destructive to people’s lives. Regardless of what happened in Acton’s troubled past, that does not grant her a pass on what she did to Ohioans as Public Health Director during COVID or her patterns of character assassination of her opponent to include invoking his mother in a libelous claim. Multiple mental breakdowns by Acton and prior incidents in which police were called to her home for domestic issues involving alcohol and medication have been glossed over by the media. Ohioans lived with the consequences of her decisions during COVID, many fabricated on false assumptions, discredited studies and self projected driven-fear inducing panic as Ohio’s Public Health Director led her to abruptly quit her post breaking down in the height of the pandemic. For years, Ohio conservatives have complained that they lack a fighter willing to stand up for truth against the left’s intimidation tactics. Yet even now, some still struggle to recognize the fight when it appears. Vivek is doing battle on their behalf to keep his unstable opponent from ascending to the highest office in Ohio. Amy Acton’s retreat into a victim narrative, which her mother never addressed in the commercial, is yet another example of how the left and Acton use deflection, deception and lies to prevent Ohioans from fully understanding the extent to which her mental faculties, ability to serve, and integrity are deeply in question. Like the President and Vice President, who stood for the American people after years of neglect & abuse, Vivek correctly assessed the facts and stood for the truth. He pushed back against the left’s lies to send a clear message: we will not be silenced. We will not let Amy Acton’s unstable disposition or prior track record of shutting down our businesses, mask our children, closing our schools, canceling elections & limiting our ability to worship or gather under the approval of weak kneed Republicans happen again. In two weeks on Nov 3rd, long suffering conservatives have a generational opportunity to send a fighter to Columbus who JUST DEMONSTRATED he will not back down until ALL Ohioans quality of life improves and the problems neglected by feckless politicians are finally confronted. VIVEK IS THAT FIGHTER! The last 48 hours proved he will not take a knee and retreat when we need him to stand for us, he will double down, expose the lies and STAND FOR THE TRUTH! We need to take his lead to Fight! Fight! Fight!

OPEN LETTER TO LYDIA MIHALIK By Jack Windsor Lydia Mihalik runs the Ohio Department of Development. Gov. Mike DeWine appointed her. On Tuesday she posted on X about a Ramaswamy campaign ad that features Amy Acton’s mother, Donna Arthur. Her post: “I don’t have to agree with Amy Acton’s politics to believe that exploiting someone’s childhood trauma is wrong... I haven’t changed my political beliefs. I’m simply unwilling to set aside my personal values to defend a political ad. There is a difference between fighting for your principles and abandoning them to win.” She also posted: “We can disagree on plenty of things without losing our sense of decency.” Read the transcript of the ad featuring Donna Arthur. Watch it. Here is every word Arthur says about her daughter’s past: “She is a liar. She lies about her past. She says she grew up living in a tent. None of that is true. She’s lied her entire life.” The tent. That is the charge. Arthur never says the sexual abuse did not happen. The words “sexual abuse” appear once in the ad, when Arthur describes her own job. So what is the line Director Mihalik drew? Her words were “exploiting someone’s childhood trauma.” A line about childhood and trauma. A line about using a mother, a child, a relative, a victim to win. I agree there should be one. I want to know where it is — because making the truth part of the line would be refreshing. But wherever the standard is, we should be consistent in protecting it. Right? What follows is not a defense of any candidate or party. These are examples. Each one happened before Tuesday. Each one is the kind of case where a person who holds a standard, and not a talking point or a desire to use a hot topic to virtue signal, would have spoken. Did Lydia Mihalik speak out about these things? Lydia, if you did, can you show me where? The Lorain County Fair ad Vivek Ramaswamy ran a property tax ad built around a woman named Patty Edwards, filmed at the Lorain County Fair. Her husband, Vernon Edwards, appeared in background footage. On Oct. 14 The Bulwark reported that Vernon Edwards pleaded guilty in 2006 to gross sexual imposition involving a minor. The Ramaswamy campaign said it had no knowledge of his record and cut him from the ad. Amy Acton’s campaign then did this. Spokeswoman Addie Bullock: “Vivek Ramaswamy deliberately choosing to amplify a convicted pedophile is not only disgusting, it’s completely disqualifying.” On Oct. 16 the campaign published a release titled “Vivek Ramaswamy Airs Ad Featuring Convicted Child Sex Offender.” It quoted news reports that the victims were his nieces, under 13. Acton repeated the “convicted pedophile” line in interviews Tuesday. Vernon Edwards is a private citizen. His case is 20 years old. Those statements are facts — don’t try to spin them into “pedo protector” deflections. That’s grotesque. The point is: The victims are family members. The Acton campaign put that case, those victims and that family back in the news. Why? For political gain — to hit Ramaswamy. Director Mihalik, does protecting victims of sexual abuse matter only when the victim is Amy Acton? Where is your outrage post regarding Edwards? Send the link. Vivek Ramaswamy’s mother On Aug. 12, Amy Acton’s campaign issued a press release. Headline: “Billionaire Scammer Ramaswamy Used Mother to Manipulate Clinical Trials in ‘Pump and Dump’ Scheme to Make Millions.” Addie Bullock, in that release: “Vivek Ramaswamy will do anything, including shamelessly profiting off Alzheimer’s patients and getting his own mother to manipulate clinical trial data, to make a buck.” Same day, the Ohio Democrat Party. Headline: “Billionaire Scam Artist Hired His Mother to Manipulate Failed Clinical Trial Data for Alzheimer’s Drug.” Same day, the Democratic Governors Association. Headline: “Ramaswamy Hired His Mother to ‘Massage Data’ in ‘Pump-and-Dump’ Pharma Scheme That Made Him Nearly $260 Million.” All three cite the same Substack post that does not prove a “pump and dump” — which is a convictable crime — nor does it substantiate that a drug for Alzheimer’s hit the market and was bought by families who didn’t get relief from the drug. On Sept. 21, Acton put it on TV. Her ad says Ramaswamy “pushed an Alzheimer’s drug that he knew didn’t work.” The drug is intepirdine. It failed its final trial in September 2017. The FDA never approved it. No patient ever bought it. PolitiFact asked the Acton campaign for proof that Ramaswamy “knew.” The campaign pointed to a paper his mother co-authored. Geetha Ramaswamy is a geriatric psychiatrist. She is not on any ballot. For ten weeks the Acton campaign, the Ohio Democrat Party and the DGA have called her a data manipulator. That is a candidate’s mother, used by the Acton campaign to win. Where is your outrage post on this, Lydia? Send the link. Max Miller’s daughter Rep. Max Miller (R-OH) has campaigned all year under his ex-wife’s accusations that he abused her and their 2-year-old daughter. The Cuyahoga County Division of Children and Family Services reviewed the abuse report on the child and marked it “unsubstantiated.” The child’s injuries ran in national headlines for months. That is a minor, used to win. Where is your outrage post on Miller, Lydia? Send the link. Rodney Creech Rep. Rodney Creech (R-West Alexandria) was called a pedophile and worse. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation closed its case with no charges. The full BCI file, with the full facts, has never been published by the mainstream press. There is evidence to support that he was alienated as a parent. No one wants to talk about that — including elected Republicans. That is a family matter involving a minor, used to win. Where is your rage post on that, Lydia? Send the link. Melania Trump. In August 2022 the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago. The first lady’s underwear drawer was discussed on national television for days. That is a candidate’s wife, used to win. Where is your rage post on that, Lydia? Send the link. TiffinOhio. That website publishes smear pieces on private citizens. Many of their pieces are full of insinuations and falsities meant to look legitimate. It has published unsubstantiated reports about child abuse and more. It runs smear pieces routinely on Rep. Gary Click (R-Vickery), Vivek Ramaswamy, Rep. Rodney Creech, Rep. Mike Carey (R-OH). The pieces are personal. They reach our spouses and kids. Amy Acton, David Pepper, Sherrod Brown and countless Democrats routinely cite the smear website as news and direct hundreds of thousands of people to the site. Where is your rage post on any of them, Lydia? Send the link. If there are no links, tell Ohio why your line did not exist until Tuesday. Director Mihalik: You are invited on The Windsor Report. I sent you the studio number. I also emailed you these questions. I will report what you reply. I’ll report if you’re silent. I’d be glad to have you on air to have a civil discussion about something you appear to be passionate about — at least when it involves Amy Acton, your former DeWine administration colleague. _ _ _ Jack Windsor is founder and editor-in-chief of The Ohio Press Network and host of The Windsor Report on 98.9 FM The Answer.

I hate dirty politics and dragging opponents' families into the mud. When it comes to Amy Acton, nobody is discounting childhood trauma. Family mess decades later is deeply painful and hard to untangle. But let’s call this what it is: Her campaign is weaponizing that pain to cover up a blatant pattern of lying. Vivek Ramaswamy's leaked ad featuring her mom wasn't about abuse. It accused Amy of having a lifelong pattern of lying. So why did her campaign's response to the ad fail to address that issue? Maybe.. because her mom is right. Back in September, Amy and her team claimed an "armed man lunged at her, injuring multiple people" at a fair. Which led to her pushing for felony charges against the man. But even the prosecutor admitted that video evidence showed he wasn’t close to her, no weapon was drawn, and no major injuries could be seen. And speaking of moms, in August, her own campaign issued a press release directly attacking Vivek’s mother, claiming she helped manipulate clinical trial data. We have to be mature enough to hold two truths at once: we can have deep compassion for a child who suffered real family trauma and still demand basic honesty from a grown politician who wants to run our state.

The reason this ad with Amy Acton’s mother calling her a “LIAR”, disputing her upbringing claims and going so far as encouraging voters to “NOT VOTE FOR HER” is CONSEQUENTIAL, is it calls into question Acton’s integrity and ability to serve as Governor amplified by Acton’s debate dismissal and deliberate attempts to limit access to voters and media over scrutiny. For those rushing to defuse the veracity of her mother’s claims, defend Amy and portray her as a victim to draw upon sympathy, it’s worthy to note neither Acton nor her mother have brought forward- Case numbers, specific custody orders, dependency/neglect filings, or criminal dockets from approximately 1978 have failed to surface. Claims of criminal charges (or their absence) rest on the parties’ statements and the one reported records search rather than published court documents. It’s becoming quite clear that Amy has a troubled past that affects her mental acuity and ability to lead Ohio similar to her already demonstrated pattern of quitting abruptly as Public Health Director during the COVID pandemic. This is not a person stable or fit to serve as Ohio’s next Governor.

🇺🇸Ohio, The Heart of it All Why Tech Outsider and Trump-Endorsed Patriot Vivek Ramaswamy Is Exactly What Ohio Needs to Crush the Radical Left COLUMBUS, OH — For years, Ohioans have watched in frustration as standard establishment politicians allowed the radical Left’s "woke" agenda to infiltrate the state, creeping into public schools and bloating government budgets. But a political earthquake is underway in the Buckeye State. Vivek Ramaswamy, a self-made billionaire, fearless truth-teller, and proud America First outsider, is officially the Republican nominee for Governor of Ohio. Alongside his running mate, conservative fighter Rob McColley, Ramaswamy is mounting a powerhouse campaign to succeed the outgoing, term-limited Mike DeWine and secure a historic victory on November 3, 2026. Ramaswamy is a warrior for the MAGA movement who has consistently put the American people ahead of the globalist elite. From his early days as the youngest, most energetic outsider in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries to his critical, systematic takedown of federal waste alongside Elon Musk at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Vivek has proven he doesn't just talk about "draining the swamp"—he knows how to build the excavator. Now, he's bringing that exact same unyielding energy back home to Ohio. With the official endorsement of President Donald J. Trump, Vivek represents a complete break from the era of weak-kneed, compromise-first Republicanism. "Ohio is the beating heart of America, but for too long, our leaders have allowed bureaucratic bloat and cultural decay to slow us down," Ramaswamy recently told a packed rally of enthusiastic supporters. "We are going to dismantle the administrative state in Columbus, restore economic dominance to our workers, and ensure that our children are taught how to think, not what to think." While the mainstream media obsesses over his opponent—far-left Democrat and former pandemic-era health bureaucrat Amy Acton—grassroots Ohioans know what is truly at stake. Acton represents the dark, overreaching days of government mandates, lockdowns, and economic stagnation. Vivek Ramaswamy represents the exact opposite: freedom, meritocracy, and absolute economic revival. The Vivek for Ohio platform is a bold, unapologetic blueprint designed to put hard-working families first: ▶️Massive Tax Relief: Vivek has pledged immediate relief for Ohio drivers through a temporary gas tax holiday, combined with a comprehensive plan to slash crushing property taxes that threaten to price seniors out of their homes. ▶️Law, Order, and Sovereignty: A staunch supporter of public safety, Ramaswamy has vowed to entirely eliminate "sanctuary cities" across Ohio, crack down heavily on rising crime, and back law enforcement to the fullest extent. He has also taken a firm, common-sense stand on justice, supporting the death penalty for the state's most heinous criminals. ▶️Ending the Woke Corporate and Educational Capture: As the author of Woke, Inc., no one is better equipped than Vivek to banish destructive Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives from public institutions. His administration is dedicated to protecting parental rights, restoring religious liberty in public schools, and ensuring classroom education is focused on excellence rather than political indoctrination. The establishment is terrified of Vivek Ramaswamy because they cannot buy him, they cannot control him, and they cannot match his vision. He is a brilliant, Harvard- and Yale-educated legal mind who chose to build businesses and create thousands of jobs rather than hide in a government office. Alongside his wife, Dr. Apoorva Ramaswamy—a dedicated throat surgeon who serves patients right here in Ohio—and their two children, Vivek represents the very best of the American Dream. The choice on November 3 couldn't be clearer. Ohio can either slip backward into the regulatory, woke overreach of the radical Left, or it can choose a bright, high-energy future of freedom and unmatched economic growth. For the MAGA movement and every everyday patriot across the Buckeye State, the path forward is clear: vote Vivek Ramaswamy for Governor and let's Make Ohio Great Again! Here is a side by side comparison of the candidates 👇

Amy Acton has rules when she campaigns: No press. No debate. No filming. No recording. Why? Because she is offers no plans and zero substance. Unfit. Unhinged. Unqualified.

It’s so funny that our opponent doesn’t allow cameras at her events, but the Dems send trackers to videotape ours. They even came to a door-knocking kickoff this morning. We’ll treat them respectfully & that’s how I’ll lead this state.