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If that total growth rate continued through 2026, spending would reach around $7.2 trillion. Actual 2024 spending was $5.3 trillion ($15,474 per person), with 2026 projected near $6 trillion.
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“My mother neglected me by making me live in a tent with a man who molested me.”
“You didn’t ’live in a tent’ you just stayed there for months at a time ☝️🤓”
Spending a winter in a tent doesn't support "grew up living in a tent" as her estranged mother asserts in the controversial ad
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Amy Acton was raped by her stepfather when she was 12 years old.
Vivek Ramaswamy, Donald Trump, and J.D. Vance support her rapist.
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President Trump is embarrassing himself by refusing to recognize the facts of Amy Acton’s tragic childhood. She was raped repeatedly by her stepfather who was later indicted, then fled the jurisdiction and died a fugitive. The mother chose to stay with the abusive stepfather, and has not spoken to Amy since she was 12 years old. Intentional ignoring that horrible history reflects badly on our president and we should not be afraid to say that.
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No it’s not a “tough situation” or a messy family squabble. It’s a little girl who was raped by her stepfather and abandoned by her mother. Literally anyone with a scrap of decency would be horrified.
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A woman being "flawed" for being raped by her stepfather is Indian culture.
For all his cleverness, Vivek does not have the moral clarity to lead Americans.
Amy Acton would do well to investigate and prosecute him once she is in power.
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So Ramaswamy is making the argument that because his opponent was traumatized and abused as a child, she’s not qualified for office? Just astonishing how anti-human being this guy is. I have a feeling more voters will believe a candidate lacking shame or empathy is unqualified to represent a state the size of Ohio.
INSANE. Vivek Ramaswamy says Dr. Acton’s childhood sexual abuse makes her “flawed” while being confronted yesterday
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I would vote for Amy Acton in Ohio — for the sole reason that people like Vivek Ramaswamy need to be driven out of politics. Forever. I don’t even care what her politics are. Don’t @ me about them because I am not going to care.
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If you marry a man charged with raping his daughter, bring your own children into that depravity, stay married to him after he was indicted for raping YOUR child, abandon your children to help him escape justice, you are not a credible character witness. You are a piece of shit.
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GOP former state senator, current county commissioner, questions credibility of Amy Acton's estranged mother who choose her accused child rapist husband over her daughter
If you marry a man charged with raping his daughter, bring your own children into that depravity, stay married to him after he was indicted for raping YOUR child, abandon your children to help him escape justice, you are not a credible character witness. You are a piece of shit.
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If you’re wondering why so many SA survivors don’t report, Amy Acton reported when she was 9-years-old and now it’s being used against her by Vivek Ramaswamy in an attack ad.
That’s why.
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For the record, since some are concerned about Mahoning County withholding records in the 1978 Cledith Arthur case, I got my copies today. Some of them are tough to read (literally), but they seem to show exactly what has been said already: Arthur was charged w/ rape of a (1/3)
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Every fucking time, these fuckers come down on the side of the pedo, not the victim.
Every. Fucking. Time.
I hate dirty politics and dragging opponents' families into the mud. When it comes to Amy Acton, nobody is discounting childhood trauma. Family mess decades later is deeply painful and hard to untangle.
But let’s call this what it is: Her campaign is weaponizing that pain to cover up a blatant pattern of lying. Vivek Ramaswamy's leaked ad featuring her mom wasn't about abuse. It accused Amy of having a lifelong pattern of lying. So why did her campaign's response to the ad fail to address that issue? Maybe.. because her mom is right.
Back in September, Amy and her team claimed an "armed man lunged at her, injuring multiple people" at a fair. Which led to her pushing for felony charges against the man. But even the prosecutor admitted that video evidence showed he wasn’t close to her, no weapon was drawn, and no major injuries could be seen.
And speaking of moms, in August, her own campaign issued a press release directly attacking Vivek’s mother, claiming she helped manipulate clinical trial data.
We have to be mature enough to hold two truths at once: we can have deep compassion for a child who suffered real family trauma and still demand basic honesty from a grown politician who wants to run our state.
Community note
Amy Acton's mother has not had contact with her daughter since 1978. Court records confirm she lost custody of her kids after a grand jury indicted her husband for repeatedly raping Amy.
Acton's brother also confirmed Amy's story, including that they lived in a tent
nationalreview.com/news/amy-acton…
news5cleveland.com/news/politics/…
instagram.com/reel/DeP_TXQSr
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I don't understand how a Christian can vote for any man who defends the molestation and rape of children: Vance, Vivek, Trump, Paxton, etc.
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Bad men gain power when we don't fight back.
Vivek Ramaswamy is everything wrong with politics: arrogance, cruelty, dishonesty, and a willingness to do ANYTHING for power.
Ohio deserves better.
I'm proud that my wife, MK, is supporting Dr. Amy Acton today.
ALT Statement from First Lady MK Pritzker discussing a $500,000 investment to support Amy Acton for Ohio Governor. The statement criticizes certain political behaviors and expresses endorsement for Amy Acton, emphasizing the importance of standing against divisive and extremist actions.
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The Republican governor of Ohio, @GovMikeDeWine, should withdraw his support for Vivek Ramaswamy.
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Like I said yesterday: This isn’t just some
Hail Mary to save Vivek.
This is Trump.
This is MAGA.
This is who they are and have always been: subhuman, bottom-feeding pieces of shit and a cancer in our Republic.
Vance on Vivek Ramaswamy's ad using Amy Acton's estranged mother: "Whether the ad was appropriate or not is not my concern"
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Amy Acton's mother pled guilty to a felony charge of theft by deception in the 1990s. She's literally a convicted liar. And this is the person Vance is saying can be trusted to "call it like it is."
JD Vance: "Now the media and the Democrats in the state of Ohio are obsessed because Vivek Ramaswamy had the audacity to run a TV commercial which calls it out like it is and calls Amy Acton a liar"
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