Trump and Vance back Ramaswamy despite campaign fiasco that could damage Republicans

TOI correspondent from Washington: MAGA boss Donald Trump and his vice-president JD Vance have doubled down on supporting Indian-American Vivek Ramaswamy for Governor of Ohio despite a campaign fiasco roiling the Republican party. It involves a Ramaswamy campaign ad appearing to ignore and belittle the childhood sexual abuse trauma of his Democratic opponent.The controversial ad features Donna Arthur, the birth mother of Democratic candidate Amy Acton, accusing her daughter of lying about her past and urging voters not to elect her governor. It disputes Acton’s account of childhood homelessness and abuse, without explaining the family history behind their estrangement.Also Read: Vivek Ramaswamy goes low in Ohio's race to the bottomActon, 60, has said she was sexually abused by her stepfather when she was a child and that her mother failed to protect her and continued to live with the man. She and her brother were removed from their mother’s custody, and Acton has said she has not seen her mother since childhood. Her brother, Philip Stearns, has supported her account. Court records have corroborated significant elements of the childhood trauma, and Acton has called the advertisement...