I think it's safe to say, now that we've seen more of Mitch McConnell, that @LauraLoomer was correct when she reported that McConnell was brain dead, or close to it, and that Scott Jennings never had a meaningful conversation with Mitch.
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🚨 JUST IN: FINAL EMERSON OHIO poll
SENATE:
🔴 Jon Husted: 48.3% (+2.5)
🔵 Sherrod Brown: 45.8%
GOVERNOR:
🔵 Amy Acton: 48.4% (+0.1)
🔴 Vivek Ramaswamy: 48.3%
WE CAN WIN BOTH
Ohio, do the RIGHT thing tomorrow and vote for Husted and Vivek 🇺🇸
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Its only Thursday but let's review @amyactonoh's disasterous week:
1. Amy Acton will not debate @VivekGRamaswamy.
2. Amy Acton gives Ohioans an unsettling glimpse of who she really is: xitter.gq/RNCResearch/status/209…
3. The @toledonews issues a scathing editorial regarding Amy Acton's decision to hide from debates and voters (see below).
4. Amy Acton will NOT allow attendees at her events to use their cell phone cameras.
5. The national media is now questioning Amy Acton's ability to handle the job of being governor.
6. Today @Enquirer and @DispatchAlerts print an editorial regarding Amy Acton's refusal to debate that states:
"A debate is the political equivalent of a job interview − except millions of Ohioans are doing the hiring. They get to watch candidates answer the same questions in real time. They can compare knowledge, temperament and leadership styles. They can see whether someone can defend a position when challenged, respond to criticism without a prepared script and explain what he or she would actually do as governor. Those things matter. And they matter especially in this race.
Ohioans, therefore, have legitimate questions about how each would handle the enormous responsibilities of the office."
Ohioans and the liberal media are starting to understand:
Amy Acton won't debate.
Amy Acton won't take questions.
Amy Acton will not let Ohioans see who she really is.
Amy Acton and her campaign don't want Ohioans to know who she really is. Unhinged. Unprepared. Unfit.
If you haven't read this Sunday's Toledo Blade editorial, it is worth taking a moment to do so. @amyactonoh's refusal to debate @VivekGRamaswamy can only lead voters to conclude that she is hiding from questions, cannot handle the pressure and not prepared to be governor.
If she won't fight on the campaign trail; does she have what it takes to fight for you?
Editorial: Acton debate decision damaging
THE BLADE EDITORIAL BOARD
An accepted political wisdom and expected candidate conduct has been “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen,” since President Harry S. Truman uttered the phrase during turbulent times in office.
Amy Acton, Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, falls far short of that standard in refusing two debate opportunities against Republican nominee Vivek Ramaswamy, which raises legitimate questions about her political acumen and leadership ability.
The Acton campaign says “Dr. Acton’s focus is on talking with Ohioans, not platforming a scam artist who spreads baseless lies about her and her family.”
Unless Dr. Acton is exceptionally weak, turning down a national debate platform on CNN and a statewide broadcast debate originating in Cincinnati make no political sense.
The Ramaswamy campaign has a massive money advantage. If advertising dominates, Mr. Ramaswamy will be able to steer the issues to his benefit.
A widely seen debate is an equalizer that would negate much of Mr. Ramaswamy’s monetary advantage. It’s an opportunity for the Acton campaign that is only provided because the race is uncommonly close.
If Mr. Ramaswamy is spreading “baseless lies,” Dr. Acton is foolish not to accept the opportunity to turn those claims against him. Moreover, Mr. Ramaswamy is vulnerable on policy proposals covering taxes, spending, consolidation of universities, and grandiose population projections.
But, Mr. Ramaswamy has the heart to lead, the courage to be in the arena that Dr. Acton is missing. It amplifies and validates GOP claims that Dr. Acton is a “quitter” who left the Ohio Department of Health when the coronavirus policies she advocated became controversial.
It may well be that Toledo’s long serving Congressman Marcy Kaptur provided the example Dr. Acton is copying. In 2024, Ms. Kaptur refused to debate Republican Derek Merrin in a forum proposed by The Blade and Buckeye Broadband, also claiming to be the victim of “lies” in campaign commercials.
We found that to be a highly disappointing blemish on Representative Kaptur’s record, but it is far less serious shortcoming for one member of a 435 person legislative body than it is for the chief executive of a massive state like Ohio.
Ohio’s next governor will well understand the sign on President Truman’s desk, “the buck stops here.” Some very tough decisions await whoever voters make governor.
Dr. Acton raises serious doubt about her ability to not only handle the pressure of those big decisions but also to use the bully pulpit of her office to build public support for her proposals.
If Amy Acton doesn’t have the skill set to handle a debate, she should never have run for governor of Ohio.
First Published September 5, 2026, 11:45 p.m.
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Amy Vodka Acton lied, of course.
🚨 HOLY CRAP! Ohio prosecutor just confirmed that the man who "attacked" governor candidate Amy Acton (D) NEVER GOT NEAR HER
"He walks into the tent RECORDING, and calling out her name. Her security comes forward, and his phone is dropped — that's all we have." 🤯
SHE LIED
They made this out to be an ASSASSINATION attempt, and called him "armed" even though no weapons are touched
Exaggerating incidents like this is expected from the left. They want nothing more than to make it seem like MAGA wants to be violent
The suspect has now pleaded not guilty. He was NOT charged for attempted m*rder or anything close to it
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Two common-sense wins to save on healthcare costs for Ohioans:
1. Deliver healthcare price transparency
2. Prosecute Medicaid fraud & return billions to law-abiding Ohioans.
Shouldn’t be controversial.
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Here’s what makes a great state, at the heart of the greatest nation: the people of Ohio.
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🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: Trump-endorsed Vivek Ramaswamy announces DAY ONE as OHIO GOVERNOR, he will begin work on SLASHING property taxes for homeowners, prosecuting fraud and returning billions of dollars
LFG! EVERY state should be cutting or outright abolishing property taxes.
Any state that does this will become a hero.
Time to keep Ohio RED 🔥 @VivekGRamaswamy
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Thank you, Newsmax, for having me on to speak about how out of touch DSA candidates are with voters. I am running on common sense issues that matter to voters across OH-01, and that is why we will FLIP this seat in November.
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The Democrats have a seriously flawed candidate running for Governor. It’s time the Ohio press does its job. New revelations today prove that the original things they were told were lies. Acton’s own daughter called to tell police she was drinking and “throwing things and breaking glass.”
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Amy Acton @amyactonoh is getting LOOMERED today.
If you live in Ohio, be sure you read this. Decline is a choice, and you don’t need to let your state decline under Amy Acton.
EXCLUSIVE:
Never-Before-Released 911 Call Log Reveals Amy Acton’s Own Daughter Reported “Mom Has Been Drinking And Throwing Things” During 2019 Domestic Disturbance
loomered.com/2026/08/13/excl…
This is a quote from the 911 transcript of the 2019 domestic disturbance police call to Amy Acton's home:
"Mom has been drinking and throwing things."
The @amyactonoh campaign has given mulitple conflicting statements regarding this incident.
1. When will the media start asking her tough questions and demanding the truth?
2. Why are there conflicting statements from the Acton campaign about that night?
3. When will the press explore Amy Acton's similar pattern of questionable behavior in light of a 2013 police call to her home?
Ohioans are owed the truth.
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I'm proud to have worked on this "Mr. President" campaign with James Fox and David Grusch. Rep. Eric Burlison was also very helpful. Let's get the President's ear and inspire him to allow Grusch and others to provide more information to the public. We are grateful for what he has already done, unique in history. Please spread the video far and wide so it becomes impossible for the president's team to ignore it!
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"Kirby" Rankin, one of the Ohio trans child m—rder suspects, was out on bail at the time of the boy's killing after being convicted for brutally beating a 57-year-old woman in Fairfield, Ohio.
I can exclusively reveal that his real identity is Nathan Rankin. (Many trans criminals adopt legal new names as they move around to hide who they really are.) He's from Kentucky and was in a relationship with a radical leftist woman who became trans before joining the trans group in Cincinnati.
Read my report about the nightmarish trans household where 7-year-old William Evans-Ellis was tortured and killed: ngocomment.com/p/another-tra…
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10 Things I’ll Do for Ohio:
1. Slash your property taxes.
2. Abolish your state income tax.
3. Cut your electric bills.
4. Prosecute Medicaid fraud.
5. Bring higher standards to our schools.
6. Slice your healthcare costs.
7. Bring high-paying jobs back to our state.
8. Put human traffickers in prison where they belong.
9. Teach kids to be proud of our state & our country.
10. Crush crime in our cities.
Coming in 2027.