BOMBSHELL: Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton’s own mother urges voters not to vote for her daughter. “My name is Donna Arthur and I’m Amy Acton’s mother. I worked at Children and Family Service Association, building one of the first two sexual abuse programs in America. I love my daughter, but when I saw her lying about her opponent—and it’s not easy for a mother to say this—but Amy has a serious problem. 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. My daughter needs help, and she can’t help you if she needs help herself. People can change, but first they have to tell the truth, and my daughter still isn’t doing that. Don’t vote for people who lie. Don’t let her become your governor. If you think she’ll make your life better, you’re fooling yourself. It will only get worse.” That’s one hell of an October surprise.

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UPDATE: Mahoning County Clerk of Court, Michael Ciccone, flees after refusing to allow inspection of 1978 Acton Records. A lawsuit is already being filed, his office is aware. They’ll try to delay the release till after the election. All of this to try and solidify the response by the Acton campaign to the ad featuring her mother. If she’s not a liar, and everything is above board, why are you hiding the records from the people? Just be honest. It’s not hard. Or maybe it is?

UPDATE: The Mahoning County Clerk of Courts has now REFUSED even a physical inspection of the 1978 Acton records. Even though required by Ohio law. That’s alright, guess we’ll go the other route: Effective upon receipt, we are bringing suit. There is no legal basis for refusing inspection of public records. We’re not going away.

THEY RAN AWAY?! I Just showed up at Mahoning County’s title department for an in-person records inspection under the statute — the records tied to the Acton case. Clerk of Court bounced me: “We don’t do microfilm anymore. Go to the title department.” Walk in. Deputy tells me the woman who runs records left the building three or four minutes before I got there and said they’re closed the rest of the day. If the case is locked tight and airtight… why are people running? I’m not going anywhere. If you think you’ll hide from me till the end of this election you’re going to lose that bet.

Just visited the Mahoning County Clerk of Courts. The file for the 1978 case is indeed only microfilmed. The first reaction when I requested the full file was: “There needs to be redactions and I’m not releasing it today” When I demanded legally binding in person inspection under R.C. 149.43, a manager appeared. Telling me that the clerk of court does not handle the microfilm anymore, and directing me to a different office. Headed there now.

Remember, the Democrats (and loser GOP) crying moral outrage about the Acton Ad are the same people who cheered when they went through Melania’s underwear drawer. Spare me the crocodile tears. Run it.

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Vivek is embracing the ad. Good. Now spend the money to back it. $20M ad spend. Put it on every television in Ohio for the next 2 weeks. Drown them with it. Outspend them. Don’t let up till the moment the polls close.

Interesting development for the Acton Ad. It was apparently being aired on Paramount+ last night & being polled for reactions. So it is not just an online leak, it is being used. Even more interesting, within the same reaction polling, they were also asking for reactions to Amy Acton brother’s statement, the one where he corroborates living in a tent. Does anyone know if that statement existed, in any form, prior to today?

NEW—Vivek Campaign Responds to Acton Ad “We don’t know what happened between Amy and her mother, who first spoke out about Amy in 2020, but we know that Amy Acton is a serial fabulist who has some serious problems with the truth that the public needs to be aware of before deciding who to entrust as governor.” —Connie Luck, spokesperson for the Ramaswamy campaign.

I find it fascinating that in the responses to the Acton Mother ad, none of them address what her mother actually claimed. She said she is a liar, and directly refers to the story that Acton uses about living in a tent. But all of the counters don't address that claim. They refer to an unproven story of abuse that wasn't referenced in the ad at all. The question is simple, is she lying or not? Did you live in the tent or not Amy?

In case you were wondering what the average response to the Acton ad has been, this pretty much sums it up.

Look what arrived today. Where’s your copy?