前参议员约翰·麦凯恩（共和党-亚利桑那州）的女儿梅根·麦凯恩谴责了一则她称为“卑鄙”的政治广告，该广告出现了俄亥俄州州长候选人艾米·阿克顿（民主党）疏远已久的母亲。
Meghan McCain, former Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) daughter, decried what she called a “dastardly” political ad featuring Ohio gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton’s (D) estranged mother.
“这是一则卑鄙的广告。它绝不应该被制作出来。制作这则广告的顾问公司该感到羞耻，”麦凯恩周二在社交平台X上写道。
“This is a dastardly ad. It never should have been created. Shame on whatever consultant firm created this,” McCain wrote on social platform X Tuesday.
麦凯恩的回应是在围绕这则政治广告的一波抨击声中作出的，广告中阿克顿的母亲唐娜·阿瑟称女儿为“骗子”。
McCain’s response came amid a wave of backlash surrounding the political ad, in which Acton’s mother, Donna Arthur, called her daughter a “liar.”
“她撒谎谈论她的过去。她说她在帐篷里长大。那都不是真的。她一生都在撒谎。我女儿需要帮助，如果她自己都需要帮助，就无法帮助你们，”阿瑟在告诉选民不要让“她成为你们的州长”之前说道。
“She lies about her past. She says she grew up living in a tent. None of that is true. She’s lied her entire life. My daughter needs help, and she can’t help you if she needs help herself,” Arthur said before telling voter to not let “her become your governor.”
这段视频似乎是竞风格广告的一部分，但不清楚是谁支持或资助了它。当被问及该视频时，阿克顿的共和党州长对手维韦克·拉马斯瓦米的一位发言人告诉《国会山报》：“我们不知道艾米和她母亲之间发生了什么。”
The clip appears to be part of a campaign-style ad, but it is unclear who is backing or paying for it. When asked about the video, a spokesperson for her Republican gubernatorial opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy, told The Hill, “We don’t know what happened between Amy and her mother.”
该发言人继续表示：“但我们知道艾米·阿克顿是一个惯于编造谎言的人，她在真实性方面存在一些严重问题，公众在决定将州长职位托付给谁之前有必要知晓。”阿克顿在2019年接受《The Vindicator》采访时表示，在父母离婚后与母亲同住期间，她经历了性虐待、忽视和一段无家可归的时期。最终，阿克顿的继父被提起诉讼，她搬去和父亲及亲戚一起生活。
The spokesperson continued, “But we know that Amy Acton is a serial fabulist who has some serious problems with the truth that the public needs to be aware of before deciding who to entrust as governor.”Acton said in a 2019 interview with The Vindicator that while living with her mother in the aftermath of her parent’s divorce, she experienced sexual abuse, neglect and a period of homelessness. Eventually, charges were filed against Acton’s stepfather, and she moved in with her father and relatives.
阿克顿的哥哥菲利普·斯蒂恩斯周二在一份新闻稿中回应该广告，称“维韦克·拉马斯瓦米堕落到如此卑鄙的地步，试图将艾米十二岁时遭受的、来自我们生母丈夫的性虐待变成政治谈资，这并不令人惊讶。”“在他被捕、艾米和我被剥夺监护权后，我们的生母一直与艾米的强奸犯保持婚姻关系，直到他去世，”斯蒂恩斯补充道。
Acton’s brother, Philip Stearns, responded in a press release to the ad on Tuesday, stating it was “not surprising that Vivek Ramaswamy has stooped to such a despicable low as to attempt to turn the sexual abuse Amy endured at twelve years old from our birth mother’s husband into a political talking point.”“After he was arrested and Amy and I were removed from their custody, our birth mother stayed married to Amy’s rapist until he died,” Stearns added.