WHERE I STAND with Richard French
Oct 22, 2026 · 8 min · 8 segments
There is a new political ad that chooses to resurrect the rape of a child and then blame the victim. The ad, that Ohio candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has taken credit for, and will spend 4 million dollars…
Recent polling shows a Democrat, Dr. Amy Acton, with a comfortable lead over Republican challenger Vivek Ramaswamy.
Vivek, who many became familiar with during the last presidential primary on the Republican side, has consistently taken the low road in every race he's been involved in and has been so crass during this campaign that Acton has refused to even share a debate stage with him.
After the last 72 hours, everyone with a shred of humanity and common sense would agree she made a wise decision.
There is a new commercial spot that chooses to resurrect the rape of a child and then to blame the victim.
The ad that Ramaswamy has taken credit for and will spend $4 million in putting on the airwaves dredged Acton's estranged mother up and then had her call her daughter a liar for being part of a sexual assault investigation into her stepfather that led to his arrest, indictment, and subsequent fleeing of the state, avoiding multiple warrants over the years.
Recent polling shows a Democrat, Dr. Amy Acton, with a comfortable lead over Republican challenger Vivek Ramaswamy.
Vivek, who many became familiar with during the last presidential primary on the Republican side, has consistently taken the low road in every race he's been involved in and has been so crass during this campaign that Acton has refused to even share a debate stage with him.
After the last 72 hours, everyone with a shred of humanity and common sense would agree she made a wise decision.
There is a new commercial spot that chooses to resurrect the rape of a child and then to blame the victim.
The ad that Ramaswamy has taken credit for and will spend $4 million in putting on the airwaves dredged Acton's estranged mother up and then had her call her daughter a liar for being part of a sexual assault investigation into her stepfather that led to his arrest, indictment, and subsequent fleeing of the state, avoiding multiple warrants over the years.
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