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Dem Winner Sends MAGA’s Vilest Loser Straight to Voicemail

Amy Acton got delicious revenge on the multimillionaire who called her abusive childhood a lie.

Governor-elect Amy Acton can’t come to the phone right now.

Ohio gubernatorial hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy, the Trump-endorsed MAGA candidate in the race, said that when he called to concede to Acton, his call went to voicemail.

“We left her a message,” Ramaswamy said, admitting, “It’s a tough night for us here in Ohio.”

Acton seemingly wasn’t interested in taking Ramaswamy’s call after he took credit for producing one of the most vile campaign ads of this election cycle.

The ad featured Acton’s mother, Donna Arthur, calling her daughter a liar, but it immediately backfired, as Acton has long said she was sexually abused as a child by her late stepfather, while her mother remained married to him.

Ramaswamy defended the ad, saying he was just taking a page out of President Donald Trump’s combative political playbook. However, his campaign quietly edited the original 60-second version, dropping footage of Acton’s mother disputing her account of childhood homelessness but keeping her claim that her daughter is a liar.

Voters appeared to revolt against his twisted campaign, as Acton beat Ramaswamy resoundingly by more than six points, or just under 400,000 votes.

“Ohio has chosen unity and decency over division and hate; the healing begins today,” Acton told supporters after her race was called.

“We must never give up on one another,” she added.

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The race was also one of the most contentious, and the despicable ad didn’t help.

Acton and Ramaswamy never met face-to-face because they could never agree on a time or venue to debate. In the end, it ended fittingly with Acton seemingly declining his phone call.

Former Trump aide Sarah Matthews wrote: “Normally, I think you should always take your opponent’s concession call. But in this case, Amy Acton had every right to send that motherf---er straight to voicemail.”

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