Republican Vivek Ramaswamy’s gubernatorial campaign is airing an attack ad on TV that accuses Democrat Amy Acton of supporting a $21 billion tax increase.
But there’s a problem: The ad’s source for that supposed figure is a cleveland.com story from April that debunks that very claim.
Ramaswamy ad’s evidence for $21 billion tax claim? A fact check that debunked it
The truth can be brutal…..
Typical. The lies just keep flowing. True little POS.
The sharpest attacks on Ramaswamy’s identity have not come from Democrat Amy Acton’s campaign. They have come from far-right activists, conservative event audiences, online commentators and, during the Republican primary, one of his own GOP opponents — questioning his Hindu faith, his vegetarian diet, his Indian heritage and, in some corners, whether the Cincinnati-born candidate is truly American.
Here's to hoping Ohio voters choose racism over misogyny
The $116,000 cluster arrived on primary day from founders of a venture under Senate scrutiny, while Ramaswamy holds Bitcoin and backs a bill to invest state pension funds in crypto.
Ramaswamy's firm holds $1.1 billion in Bitcoin while he campaigns on expanding Ohio data centers, facilities that have claimed $2.5 billion in tax breaks since 2017 as ratepayer bills rose $663 annually.