Ramaswamy Admits the Controversial Ad Came From His Campaign; $4 Million Buy Announced
On October 24, CNN reported that Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has acknowledged that a controversial campaign ad came from his own campaign team, which will spend $4 million to air it. The ad did not surface through the campaign: Ohio political blogger D.J. Byrnes, "The Rooster," obtained it from a voter who had seen it in a poll and leaked it on Monday night. The campaign stayed silent at first, issuing a statement only shortly before 2 p.m. on Tuesday that did not say whether it was responsible for the ad; about five hours later, after a town hall event in the Columbus area of Franklin County, Ohio, Ramaswamy told reporters: "This is our campaign's ad." That night, the campaign announced a $4 million buy to air it, signaling it would not back down. Ohio's governor's race is among the most watched in the country this year, and Ramaswamy's hard-line ad strategy has become entangled with the debate over whether Ohio is turning purple again.
Source: GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
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