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Nick Fish
@nickfish.me

On the one hand, this is disgusting and I feel horribly for Amy Acton. On the other hand, I'm sure political scientists are happy to have another real world experiment to investigate what happens when a candidate is so repellent to all standards of decency and humanity.

The Downballot@the-downballot.com

Vivek Ramaswamy has not only confirmed the commercial with Amy Acton's estranged mother was made by his campaign, Axios also reports he's now spending $4 million to air it.

axios.comExclusive: Ramaswamy doubles down on explosive ad featuring rival's mother, despite backlashRamaswamy is gambling that the deeply personal attack by Amy Acton's mother will resonate with voters.

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gm0rk.bsky.social
@gm0rk.bsky.social

In the defense of Ramiswamy's campaign, what would you have done better? He's a toxicly hatable con man that even the worst of MAGA hate for his skin color. I challenge you to come up w a hypothetical campaign that wluld have better Vegas odds than being pro-child molestor.