The Latest: Trump backs Vivek Ramaswamy on ad featuring Amy Acton’s estranged mother

The backlash over an Ohio campaign advertisement attacking Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee for governor, spread beyond the state’s borders Thursday, when President Donald Trump posted on social media that Vivek Ramaswamy’s ad was “hitting pay dirt” and that Acton was “fair game.”Trump’s aggressive defense of Ramaswamy practically guarantees that more of his party’s candidates will face questions about the issue at a moment when they already risk being dragged down by the president’s low popularity.Here’s the latest:GOP Rep. Ralph Norman’s son is endorsing a Democrat in the South Carolina Senate raceIn an op-ed Friday, Warren Norman wrote that he is supporting the Republican gubernatorial nominee but not Republican Sen. Darline Graham, the sister of the late Lindsey Graham.Norman’s father lost the special GOP Senate primary to Graham earlier this year. The developer and lifelong Republican writes “there is no true conservative to vote for in this election,” adding that...