Ohio Venues Cancel Vivek Ramaswamy Events as Backlash Grows
Summary
Several Ohio venues have canceled or withdrawn from hosting Republican campaign events featuring gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. The cancellations and negative reviews followed backlash over a campaign advertisement featuring the estranged mother of his Democratic opponent, Amy Acton.Key Facts
- The Old Dog Ale House & Brewery in Delaware canceled a GOP event featuring Ramaswamy scheduled for Friday.
- The Ohio GOP said it had selected a new location for the canceled event.
- Elliot's Wood Fired Kitchen in Newark said it would not host a planned Ohio GOP event on Tuesday.
- The Ohio Republican Party's bus tour website listed the Newark event location as “to be announced.”
- Kick-N-Ax in Zanesville, Izzy's in Monroe, and The Local Bar Strongsville received waves of one-star Google reviews after hosting GOP events, according to the article.
- The advertisement featured Acton's estranged mother, who called Acton “a liar.”
- Acton has said she was sexually abused by her stepfather as a child and has not seen her mother since testifying against him in court at age 12.
- The article says the stepfather was charged with rape before fleeing the state with Acton's mother.
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