Trump Endorses Ramaswamy Advertisement Featuring Amy Acton’s Mother
Donald Trump has endorsed an advertisement by Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy that features the estranged mother of Democratic opponent Amy Acton, calling the ad effective.
Portland, OR, October 22, 2026 —
Former President Donald Trump has endorsed an advertisement by Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy that features the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton. Trump described the advertisement as effective, according to the information provided.
The endorsement places Trump’s support behind an ad involving a personal relationship connected to Acton. The summary identifies the woman featured as Acton’s estranged mother but does not provide her name or describe what she says or does in the advertisement. It also does not include Acton’s response or further details about the ad’s contents.
Ramaswamy is identified in the summary as a candidate for Ohio governor, and Acton as his Democratic opponent. No additional information was provided about the campaign, the advertisement’s release, or the circumstances of Trump’s endorsement.
The timing and platform of the endorsement were not specified. The summary also does not say when or where the advertisement ran, who produced or paid for it, how widely it was distributed, or whether it prompted any response from either campaign. No wording from Trump’s endorsement was provided beyond the description that he called the ad effective, so no direct quotation is included here.
Those missing details limit what can be established about the advertisement’s reach and the context of the endorsement. Based on the available information, the reported development is Trump’s endorsement of Ramaswamy’s ad and its inclusion of Acton’s estranged mother. Further specifics about the ad and reactions to it were not provided.
Story summarized from the original created by JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press on www.koin.com, see more information here.
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