President Donald Trump has urged Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for Ohio governor, to keep running a controversial ad.

Donald Trump urged Vivek Ramaswamy to retain a controversial advertisement targeting Amy Acton. The intervention intensified debate over the advertisement's role in the Ohio gubernatorial campaign.

Donald Trump urged Vivek Ramaswamy to keep airing an advertisement featuring Amy Acton's estranged birth mother. The dispute has deepened Republican divisions in Ohio as key statewide races tighten.

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"Who wouldn't use such an Ad?" President Trump wrote. "I would, it's called, 'hitting pay dirt.'"

Donald Trump on his Truth Social network defended the "very powerful" advertisement and accused the media of a "well coordinated attack" aimed at getting Ramaswamy, a former presidential hopeful, to stop running it.

Donald Trump on his Truth Social network defended the "very powerful" advertisement and accused the media of a "well coordinated attack" aimed at getting Ramaswamy, a former presidential hopeful, to stop running it.

The Democrat's "difficult" past has become the focus of a contentious race to become the Buckeye State's next governor.