MAGA world figures describing the ad as a ‘self-inflicted wound’ in private, report claims
Vivek Ramaswamy was reportedly warned by Ohio Republicans and campaign staffers not to run the controversial attack ad on Democratic opponent Amy Acton that featured her estranged mother - but went ahead anyway.
Some campaign staffers are so incensed by the decision to run the ad - which featured Acton’s 82-year-old mother, Donna Arthur smearing her daughter as a “liar” over child sex abuse she suffered - that they have considered resigning, according to Zeteo. Arthur lost custody of her children after her late husband, Cledith Arthur, was indicted for raping Acton when she was a child. She stood by her husband, who died in 2004.
Several Ohio Republican and Trump-world figures privately described the ad as a “self-inflicted wound” to Zeteo as the polls with Acton have narrowed.
When they don’t actually resign, remember how much integrity is worth to Republicans…
Don’t think about resigning, fucking resign.
“according to Zeteo”
“according to Zeteo”
“according to Zeteo”
“according to Zeteo”
Nothing but losers, who double down on being losers rather than choose to be best.
Anybody willing to tell their child that they are lying about their sexual abuse can get fucked. I’m so thankful people believed me about mine. I’d be so much more fucked up if they didn’t.
And whoever thought this was okay to shoot and release as an ad are shit human beings. Nobody deserves to have their trauma aired on tv bcz they tried to run for public office, especially something so personal and humiliating.
I saw the ad, but I forgot most of it immediately… and I don’t want to revisit it. so forgive me if that last line isn’t quite correct.
Political ads:
✅️> Here’s what I want to do
✅️> Here’s what I believe
➖️> My opponent said or did something I think you’ll disagree with
❌️> My opponent alleges they were assaulted, but I don’t think they were so they are a liar
Considered? A week out?
Cowards.
Hopefully we’ll never hear about this guy again after the elections. Although on a positive note, he has an excellent tooth-whitener regimen.
Trump bleaches his asshole and this guy licks it 24/7 that’s why his teeth are so white.
they have considered resigning
And I’ve considered being a millionaire. Shit or get off the pot, spineless pricks.
So… Are you a millionaire yet?
Nah, not done considerin’ yet.
The pot is waiting
Ok I shit in the pot, do I get the money now?
Not with that uncertainty, but you do have a following of fetishists now.
You have to be forceful, commanding. I shit in the pot. Give me my money or I’ll take it back out.
They “want to quit” but have not. They aren’t quitting, they’re taking the money and riding it out until the election is over, just like they would have if he hadn’t run that gross ad.
If they had morals and principles they wouldn’t be Republicans
so brave.
I have “sides with child rapist” on my 2026 right politics bingo card.
It’s already marked.
I just keep stamping it. I think I’ve punched a whole through.
That’s the free square.
“Is child rapist” is the free square.
It’s a smart move to quit now, in protest, when you know he’s going to lose. So you lose a week’s pay, big deal.
If they had quit immediately, THAT would have been the move that showed moral courage rather than this cynical and strategic quitting.
We’re talking about people who chose to be Ramaswamy staffers, they have neither morals nor courage.
Rats don’t flee the ship until it’s noticeably sinking.
And only if they can’t make it to the highest point.
Sir, these are Republicans.
And this isn’t a Wendy’s
Just like all the scumbags who only denounced the orange kid-diddler after Jan 6, tried some book deals, then went and fell back in line 2 years later.
Fuck. Every. Single. One of them
That moral courage would have kept them from accepting the job in the first place.
Even imagining republicans might have courage in any scenario is kind of hilarious, ngl.
They are always, without exception, unable to act before if affects them personally.
If that ad went over well they would abandon whatever “concern” they had. They have no fortitude.
I mean they did work for him in the first place after all.
Why didn’t they want to resign before that? They don’t have any problem with vile pieces of shit, they only have a problem with losing.
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Years ago, I was at a scientific conference and this clown was at my lunch table. He made a lot of money buying abandoned drugs for cheap, then making a new company and attracting investors on new drug pumping, then quietly dumping all stock holdings before the drug failed. He only had a bachelor’s degree in arts, not even science.
30 minutes into lunch he left the table and conversation was: who was that asshole. He’s quite insane. He offended some indian-American scientists suggesting they should never have been made US citizens. “He knows he’s brown, right?”
He then went on to write Woke, Inc. How insane do you have to be to get dumped by Trump.
A lot of American VC types are high on their own supply and interpret past luck as success and intelligence.
As someone in VC, I can confirm.
Kind of guy who likes to talk shit because he likes the smell.
Apparently this woman was not only a giant pos, when the campaign found her she was living in her car with a bunch of cats. She would have said anything for very little money.
Don’t forget that she was also in trouble for killing kittens!
Quick, someone appoint her to head the DHS!
Now hold on a second. Did she eat any of the kittens or cut off their penises? If not, she’s not quite DHS material for this administration.
That’s HHS (Health and Human Services). She fits perfectly succeeding Kristi Noem, the dog killer, in Department of Homeland Security. Understandable, with how many departments have oddly specific scenarios involving animals.
Not to be confused with the FBI where having sex with animals no longer disqualifies you!
Such a progressive administration really
