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Two weeks of promotion for a town hall that couldn't fill 50 chairs. State Rep. Gary Click advertised Vivek Ramaswamy's Tiffin stop at a 450-seat university venue — then quietly moved it into a downtown party room, with a GOP source predicting turnout would be "very low." Protesters still showed up outside, and hours later Ramaswamy capped the night by telling followers his second event was in Seneca County — it was actually in Wood County. Read more: https://t.co/CC2I9gMDYB

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Five billionaires bankrolled 88% of the $41.8 million super PAC backing Vivek Ramaswamy's governor bid. His former GOP primary rival's response: "Vivek is here to SELL US OUT." Months after winning the nomination, he's still getting booed by conservative crowds and challenged by his own base. Read more: https://t.co/yFoGDIK4n3

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A federal RICO lawsuit says Vivek Ramaswamy built the business that helped launch his political career on someone else’s idea.

GloriFi’s founder says he pitched Ramaswamy an “anti-woke” investment firm, offered him 30% and the CEO job — then watched Ramaswamy launch a strikingly similar company months later.

Even the first product matched: an energy fund. Read more: https://t.co/j7amnfjf0z

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Vivek Ramaswamy built a career attacking affirmative action as "institutional racism." In 2011 he took $50,000 from a fellowship he could only enter because his parents immigrated from India — while already earning millions. Years later, as he ran for president, his campaign paid an editor to scrub the fellowship from his Wikipedia page.
Read more: https://t.co/CVesIvg0dF

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A federal whistleblower lawsuit alleges that “almost immediately” after a senior executive joined his firm, Ramaswamy and his co-founder directed her to violate securities laws.

She says she refused. She says the only other employee who objected refused, too.

Both were fired the same day.

Ramaswamy tried to get the claim against him thrown out.

The federal judge’s response: “The Court disagrees.” Read more: https://t.co/KtJckcrsrX

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Police say Patrick Havas forced his way through a crowd toward Amy Acton, knocking people down before troopers stopped him. He was carrying two pistols and brass knuckles; the weapons were not drawn, and his motive remains under investigation.

Despite those law-enforcement accounts, some Republican and right-wing figures — including embattled Ohio Rep. Gary Click — are casting doubt on what happened, while false claims about Havas’ release have circulated online. We checked the claims against police statements and public records. Read more: https://t.co/hPTVjWpbuV

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NEW: Amy Acton drops the hammer on Vivek Ramaswamy in new #OHGov ad!

Attack ad accuses him of scamming desperate seniors with a failed Alzheimer’s drug, raking in hundreds of millions, then charging nearly $3 million to treat sick kids.

“We are making money… that’s what’s most important.”

Full ad ⬇️

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Five billionaires supplied 88% of the money raised by the main super PAC backing Ramaswamy through June. Several have major interests in private-school expansion, artificial intelligence and the data-center economy. The question remains: Why do they care so much about who governs Ohio? Read more: https://t.co/jbETdCl53E

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The state party’s official account promoted Loomer’s attacks on Acton and credited her previous reporting. Loomer later suggested Democrats fabricated or exaggerated Sunday’s confrontation, despite law enforcement confirming an armed man pushed toward Acton and knocked people down. Read more: https://t.co/Jv4rmBGBVl

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NEW: The registered Republican arrested after forcing his way toward Amy Acton while carrying two pistols and a Taser is the brother of Andrew Havas — the former Jon Husted campaign chair who resigned after scrutiny of a 2009 guilty plea in a case involving a 15-year-old and later gave more than $10,000 to Vivek Ramaswamy. Read more: https://t.co/uctpNkuUsz

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Two guns. A stun weapon. Brass knuckles. That's what Patrick Havas was carrying when he pushed toward Amy Acton at the Canfield Fair, knocking two people to the ground. Voter records show Havas is a registered Republican. He's now jailed on assault and disorderly conduct charges, no bond set. Read more: https://t.co/FA7x8UXjwo

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BREAKING... https://t.co/DLs2D2nPBh

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BREAKING: An overseas political-content operation is offering extra money for favorable videos about Vivek Ramaswamy while instructing participants to conceal that they are posting from outside the United States, according to a new investigation. Read more: https://t.co/iPjbD75rdy

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MUST WATCH: #OHGov candidate Vivek Ramaswamy BOOED at Ohio State football game. He reportedly left after just a few minutes, feeling "embarrassed and humiliated," according to a source familiar with the situation.

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In the Republican primary earlier this year, Vivek Ramaswamy refused to debate challenger Casey Putsch, who was on the ballot and received nearly 18% of the vote. Read more: https://t.co/0dkOxQdSzO

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The Sports Betting Alliance has given $650,000 to the super PAC working to elect Vivek Ramaswamy as Ohio governor. Asked directly where he stands on expanding gambling in the state, Ramaswamy still would not say. Read more: https://t.co/fHKEcb4iqv

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The Republican nominee for governor left Columbus for Paris on July 4th. On Friday, as Labor Day weekend began, he was photographed in VIP seating at the U.S. Open in New York — four days after saying at an event in Las Vegas that a trip outside Ohio was a “rare exception.” Read more: https://t.co/qQxBdfHU6L

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A short text message: “We believe your daughter. You should resign.”

State Rep. Rodney Creech’s response?

Post the critic’s phone number and tell supporters to “blow their phone up.” Read more: https://t.co/QlKNj8fFg5

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Vivek Ramaswamy is pushing Ohio to open public pensions to crypto. Strive, the Bitcoin company he co-founded and still owns 6.6% of, just reported a $523.5 million loss in six months — and kept buying Bitcoin anyway. Ohio's pension systems oversee $284 billion, and unlike the state treasurer's fund, Ramaswamy's plan sets no cap on how much of it could be exposed.
Read more: https://t.co/AhpP6G4nuG

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Vivek Ramaswamy calls Amy Acton "Dr. Lockdown." Records show Ohio closed schools the same day as Florida, reopened bars faster than Texas, and never mandated masks until after Acton was gone. DeWine says the pandemic calls were his, not hers — "The buck stops with me."
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