Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy DOES NOT back down from his ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mom labeling her a LIAR and UNFIT for office—after Democrats first started running ads attacking his mother, family, and even his race. “The fact of the matter is I am running against somebody who is crazy, unstable, and dishonest.” “I'll tell you the advice I was raised in. You never start a fight, but if you find yourself in one, you finish it. And you have to stand for what is right and what is true. They've attacked me. They've defamed my mother to media silence. It's unbelievable. And yet at the same time, they'll trot out anything to attack a Republican. We're standing for truth. And so the irony is they're lying about an ad that was about her lying.” “The fact of the matter is I am running against somebody who is crazy, unstable, and dishonest. And even more importantly, they represent crazy and unstable and dishonest ideas. This is a fork in the road for the future of Ohio. And if they actually believe these were unfair attacks, you know what my opponent would be doing? She would be agreeing to show up on a debate with me as I agreed to on CNN and NBC. She is hiding because they want to lie and then deflect accountability. We're not going to let them get away with that because this election is about helping Ohio families.” 
“The thing that matters at the end of all of this is who is actually as a governor more capable of improving the lives of people in our state. And I'm convinced that I'm the one person in this race who can actually deliver on lower costs and bigger paychecks and a better life with policies that make sense instead of taking a left turn towards socialism and communism.”