共和党候选人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米（Vivek Ramaswamy）在俄亥俄州州长竞选中发布了一则针对民主党对手艾米·阿克顿（Amy Acton）的攻击性广告，因挖掘其家庭隐私和童年创伤而引发强烈公众反感 124。这则广告由阿克顿疏远多年的母亲出镜，指控阿克顿撒谎并呼吁选民不要投票给她 3。该广告内容还涉及将阿克顿称为“骗子”，并揭露了其母亲的多年动荡经历 23。民调数据显示，该事件导致部分选民立场发生转变，甚至出现倒戈现象 124。多家媒体指出，这一事件加剧了共和党内部分歧，并影响了中期选举局势；该广告也被描述为中期选举中最无情的广告之一 2。
面对争议，拉马斯瓦米最终决定停止投放这则攻击阿克顿母亲的广告 24。尽管前总统唐纳德·特朗普公开为该广告辩护，声称其挽救了另一位候选人胡斯特德（Husted），但拉马斯瓦米仍选择将其撤下 1。此次撤广告的决定是在遭到两党广泛批评后做出的 4。
作为回应，现年60岁的阿克顿透露了其背后的家庭悲剧：她自12岁起便未与母亲联系，因为继父被逮捕和起诉强奸罪后，她与兄弟被移出母亲监护权 3。阿克顿称，最后一次见到母亲是在法庭上，当时母亲前来支持丈夫（即阿克顿的继父），而阿克顿本人则出庭作证指控该继父 3。
Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has discontinued a controversial attack ad in the Ohio governor’s race targeting Democratic opponent Amy Acton, following a wave of public revulsion and bipartisan criticism. 124 The advertisement, described as one of the most ruthless in the midterm elections, featured Acton’s estranged mother accusing her daughter of lying and urging voters not to support her. 23 Ramaswamy’s campaign team initially released the ad, which dredged up details of Acton’s wounded childhood and her mother’s turbulent history, but subsequently pulled it down after facing widespread backlash. 14
The personal nature of the ad sparked significant political fallout, with polls indicating that voter sentiment shifted toward Acton in the wake of the advertisement’s release. 124 Former President Donald Trump defended Ramaswamy’s tactics, claiming the ad helped save another candidate, Husted, despite the general outrage. 1 Multiple media outlets noted that the incident deepened divisions within the Republican party while influencing the broader electoral landscape. 2
Acton responded by revealing the painful circumstances behind her family rift, stating that she had no contact with her mother since age 12 due to severe abuse involving her stepfather. 3 She explained that her mother had covered up crimes for which the stepfather was arrested and charged with rape, leading to Acton and her siblings being removed from their mother’s custody. 3 According to Acton, her last encounter with her mother occurred in a courtroom, where her mother appeared to support the husband whom Acton was testifying against regarding those sexual assault allegations. 3
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