俄亥俄州州长迈克·德温（Mike DeWine，共和党）呼吁共和党人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米（Vivek Ramaswamy）撤下一则广告，该广告中出现了其对手、民主党人埃米·阿克顿（Amy Acton）与其疏远的母亲。他的前任约翰·卡西奇（John Kasich，共和党）周四晚些时候也加入了这一呼吁。
DeWine, Kasich call on Ramaswamy to take down ad featuring Acton’s mother Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) called on Republican Vivek Ramaswamy to take down an ad featuring his opponent Democrat Amy Acton’s estranged mother, with his predecessor John Kasich (R) joining his call later Thursday.
“这则广告令人深感不安，深感不安，”德温在俄亥俄州议会大厦外对记者说，据《州议会新闻局》（The Statehouse News Bureau）报道。“但当你知道故事的其余部分，当你知道背后的故事，当你知道这位母亲的丈夫在听取证词后被大陪审团起诉，并且他和母亲一起逃跑，而两个孩子在那之后再也没有见过母亲。当你知道这些时，对我来说，这使事情更加严重。这使事情更加错误。”“播放这则广告是错误的。……我敦促拉马斯瓦米的竞选团队撤下它，”他总结道。
“The ad is deeply, deeply troubling,” DeWine told reporters outside the Ohio Statehouse, according to The Statehouse News Bureau. “But when you know the rest of the story, when you know the back story, when you know that the husband of the mom was indicted by a grand jury after hearing testimony and that he took off along with the mother, and that the two children never saw the mother after that. When you know that it, just to me, makes it more serious. It makes it just more wrong.”“It’s wrong to run this ad. … I would urge Ramaswamy’s campaign to take this down,” he concluded.
一名记者随后向德温提问，他是否会因这则广告而撤回对拉马斯瓦米的背书。
A journalist followed up with DeWine, asking if he would revoke his endorsement of Ramaswamy over the ad.
“我不会改变背书。我背书整个选票，”这位任期届满的俄亥俄州州长说。
“I’m not changing the endorsement. I endorse the whole ticket,” the term-limited Ohio governor said.
前俄亥俄州州长约翰·卡西奇（共和党）周四在接受MS NOW采访时也同样谴责了这则广告，称“这则广告本就不该制作出来”，并且“在美国政治中没有立足之地”。“与[该广告]有关的人应该立即道歉，”卡西奇继续说道。
Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) similarly denounced the ad in an interview with MS NOW on Thursday, saying “the ad should never have been put together” and “has no place in American politics.”“And the people connected to [the ad] should apologize immediately,” Kasich continued.
这则正在俄亥俄州播出的广告中，阿克顿的母亲唐娜·阿瑟（Donna Arthur）称其女儿是“撒谎者”，并暗示她患有精神健康问题。广告中没有提供阿克顿与其母亲之间疏远的任何背景；她在12岁时被从阿瑟的监护中带走。
The ad, which is airing in Ohio, shows Acton’s mother, Donna Arthur, calling her daughter a “liar” and insinuating she suffered from mental health issues. The ad does not provide any context about the estrangement between Acton and her mother; she was taken out of Arthur’s custody at the age of 12.
阿克顿曾谈到在童年时期遭受身体和性虐待以及忽视。根据法庭文件，她的母亲在继父因性虐待当时12岁的阿克顿被起诉后，仍选择与继父在一起。阿克顿说，她最后一次见到母亲是在法庭上，就是继父被拘捕的那一天。
Acton has talked about experiencing physical and sexual abuse, along with neglect, during her childhood. Her mother stayed with her stepfather after he was charged with sexually abusing Acton when she was 12 years old, according to court documents. Acton says the last time she saw her mother was in court the day her stepfather was taken into custody.
她称该广告“卑鄙”，并补充说这是“一种剥削行为”。拉马斯瓦米周二为该广告承担责任，据报道其竞选团队在全州范围内投放广告花费了400万美元。拉马斯瓦米竞选团队的一名发言人在给美联社的声明中说，阿克顿的母亲没有因这一一分钟的广告获得报酬。
She has called the ad “despicable” and added it was “an exploitative thing to do.”Ramaswamy took credit for the ad Tuesday, with his campaign reportedly spending $4 million on ad spots statewide. In a statement to The Associated Press, a spokesperson for Ramaswamy’s campaign said Acton’s mother was not paid for the one-minute spot.
副总统万斯为拉马斯瓦米辩护，在一次竞选集会上表示，该广告“直指要害”，尽管多位共和党议员谴责该广告具有冒犯性。
Vice President Vance came to Ramaswamy’s defense, saying at a campaign rally that the ad “calls it out like it is,” despite multiple GOP lawmakers decrying the ad as offensive.
其中一位议员是即将离任的众议员南希·梅斯（共和党-南卡罗来纳州），她周三在接受CNN采访时称该广告“可耻”，并预测这将损害俄亥俄州上下选票上的共和党候选人。
One of those lawmakers was outgoing Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), who on Wednesday in a CNN interview called the ad “shameful” and predicted it would hurt GOP candidates up and down the ballot in Ohio.
梅斯说：“这则广告将被载入史册，成为本选举季最可耻、最恶心、最具冒犯性的广告。门槛已经很低了，不知怎么的，维韦克·拉马斯瓦米竟然设法钻过了这个国家最低体面标准的门槛。”
“This ad is going to go down as the most shameful, disgusting, offensive ad this election season,” Mace said. “The bar is low, and somehow, Vivek Ramaswamy somehow managed to limbo under the lowest bar of decency in this country.”