{"id":390015,"date":"2026-10-21T16:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T15:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/scummiest-thing-ive-seen-in-politics-ohio-ad-sparks-outrage\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T16:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T15:00:16","slug":"scummiest-thing-ive-seen-in-politics-ohio-ad-sparks-outrage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/scummiest-thing-ive-seen-in-politics-ohio-ad-sparks-outrage\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Scummiest thing I&#8217;ve seen in politics&#8217;: Ohio ad sparks outrage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/bF1CNcr43Nw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"&apos;Scummiest thing I&apos;ve seen in politics&apos;: Ohio ad sparks outrage\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bF1CNcr43Nw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The campaign of Ohio Republican governor nominee Vivek Ramaswamy said it would launch a $4 million ad campaign featuring a controversial video of his Democratic opponent\u2019s estranged mom after it went viral online. <\/p>\n<p>The video \u2013 which was shared widely on social media, including by the president\u2019s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr. \u2013 has roiled the gubernatorial race by bringing the issue of Democratic nominee Amy Acton\u2019s past abuse to the forefront. Acton has said she has not seen her mother since she was about 12 years old, when a man her mother married abused her and faced criminal charges. <\/p>\n<p>CNN\u2019s Patrick Svitek reports on the controversy, while Democratic strategist Paul Begala and Republican strategist Terry Sullivan condemn the ad as \u201ca moral malignancy\u201d and \u201cstupid,\u201d respectively. Also, CNN&#8217;s Abby Phillip discusses the controversy with her NewsNight panel of political pundits. <\/p>\n<p>0:00 Ohio GOP candidate Vivek Ramaswamy&#8217;s ad using his opponent&#8217;s estranged mother<br \/>\n3:13 Paul Begala says Ramaswamy ran &quot;the sleaziest ad in American history&quot;<br \/>\n4:26 GOP strategist explains why he thinks the ad was &quot;political malpractice&quot;<br \/>\n8:31 Amy Acton&#8217;s brother speaks out in a response ad <\/p>\n<p>Watch 24\/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https:\/\/bit.ly\/4eIvlTr<\/p>\n<p>Stream more on CNN with an All Access subscription: https:\/\/cnn.it\/4AZMu54<\/p>\n<p>#Ramaswamy #Election #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The campaign of Ohio Republican governor nominee Vivek Ramaswamy said it would launch a $4 million ad campaign featuring a controversial video of his Democratic opponent\u2019s estranged mom after it went viral online. The video \u2013 which was shared widely on social media, including by the president\u2019s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr. \u2013 has roiled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":390016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128809],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-390015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cnn"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Scummiest thing I&#039;ve seen in politics&#039;: Ohio ad sparks outrage | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch &#039;Scummiest thing I&#039;ve seen in politics&#039;: Ohio ad sparks outrage for free, here on News ISC. 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