Despicable doesn’t begin to cover it

Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican candidate for Ohio governor, campaigns at the Clinton County Fair in Wilmington, Ohio, July 14, 2026. (Aleksey Kondratyev/The New York Times) By DAVID FRENCH I’ve never seen a viler ad. By now, you almost certainly know the story. Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican candidate for governor of Ohio, posted an ad featuring a malicious attack on Amy Acton, Ramaswamy’s Democratic opponent. The ad starred Acton’s own mother, a woman named Donna Arthur. The family story...