Sam Melendez

Area man

[John Hagner @JHagner]

The Plain Dealer wasn’t going to endorse in the Gov race, but Ramaswamy’s vileness, and Acton’s great campaign, convinced them to change their minds.

[˶˃ News Reader Cat 📰🗞️NO DMs˂˶ @typocatCAv2]

Not to feel this revulsion himself and reject the ad out of hand, nor anticipate the level of revulsion it would receive from so many people, no matter their political persuasion, speaks volumes about who Vivek Ramaswamy the man is—it's not good.

[˶˃ News Reader Cat 📰🗞️NO DMs˂˶ @typocatCAv2]

2/ of or seen the ad and the universal revulsion to it suggest that this could be an all-time backfire for Ramaswamy—and it raises the possibility that Trump and Vance will also suffer politically for rushing to defend it.”

[˶˃ News Reader Cat 📰🗞️NO DMs˂˶ @typocatCAv2]

Sarah Longwell conducted a focus group with 10 Trump voters in Ohio to test their feelings about Vivek Ramaswamy’s (R) controversial attack ad on rival Amy Acton (D).

“The findings here represent just a sample of the Ohio electorate. But the fact that everyone had heard...
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[Molly Jong-Fast @MollyJongFast]

Laser focused on affordability

[David Pepper @DavidPepper]

This is disgusting, deplorable behavior.

Vivek Ramaswamy is unfit to serve.

Should be nowhere near power or public service.

He shouldn’t be trusted in business either.

[Wu Tang is for the Children @WUTangKids]

This is a Trump rant about Bill Maher 🤣

[Tyler Englander @TylerEnglander]

Election Day is one milk away

[Shadow of Ezra @ShadowofEzra]

Vivek Ramaswamy was kicked off a GOP bus tour this weekend with other members of the Ohio Republican ticket because of the ad against Amy Acton.

A top Republican told Zeteo, “We’re getting calls that people don’t want him there,”. Some business owners and event hosts said they do not want the “horrendous publicity” or angry phone calls, social-media attacks, or customer complaints that they would get for hosting Ramaswamy’s campaign tour.

[Sam Melendez @ForwardFalcon]

@WarnimentLaura @amyactonoh The paper that endorsed Trump? That one? https://t.co/jdli5PmIzE

[Sam Melendez @ForwardFalcon]

Dr. @amyactonoh gets the Toledo Blade endorsement. Wow.

[The Blade @toledonews]

OPINION: "Dr. Acton addresses Ohio’s future with more concrete understanding of the role state government has in maintaining the quality of life for Ohioans."
https://t.co/JSBAAIZ6mv

[Sam Melendez @ForwardFalcon]

@WarnimentLaura @amyactonoh 😂😂

[Sam Melendez @ForwardFalcon]

@NanetteOko3619 @amyactonoh Liberal rag amirite?!

[Sam Melendez @ForwardFalcon]

@NanetteOko3619 @amyactonoh https://t.co/jdli5Pngpc

[Sam Melendez @ForwardFalcon]

@LynneAyresFrye @amyactonoh You don’t have to be misinformed. You choose to be.

[Sam Melendez @ForwardFalcon]

@LynneAyresFrye @amyactonoh Sure sure, go on.. https://t.co/jdli5PmIzE

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

The Plain Dealer announced a policy of not endorsing candidates for governor a few months ago. Spurred by reader feedback, the editors said they would prioritize down-ballot races instead.

But now, “a wave of readers is asking us to recognize another obligation,” the editors said Sunday. “They want their chief news source to take a stand on what this community and its institutions will accept from those who seek to lead us.”

“They are right,” the editors went on. “We made our endorsement policy to serve our readers. We cannot let it become a reason to remain silent when we believe Ohio faces a choice this consequential.”

[Brian Stelter @brianstelter]

The largest newspaper in Ohio is endorsing Amy Acton for governor while condemning her opponent Vivek Ramaswamy’s “weaponizing of Acton’s childhood sexual abuse for political points.” Here's why it is noteworthy >>> https://t.co/WN9shScLLs

[The Hill @thehill]

Acton wins Cleveland Plain Dealer endorsement in Ohio governor’s race

https://t.co/NOdD0ZjLBy

[Kacee Allen @KaceeRAllen]

Multiple Ohio venues are canceling or dropping Vivek Ramaswamy’s bus tour stops after his ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother—who stayed with the stepfather charged with raping Acton at 12.

Old Dog Ale House & Brewery in Delaware canceled a GOP ticket event. A Sunday service at CrossPointe Church in Westerville disappeared from the tour page. A Trumbull County stop now has no location listed.

A top Ohio Republican: “We’re getting calls that people don’t want him there. It’s that damn ad.” Gov. DeWine called it wrong and urged it taken down.

This is the blowback.