Vivek Ramaswamy's team saw his ugly attack ad as a 'stroke of genius': report

Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s chief strategist reportedly presented a new attack as a "stroke of genius" even though it featured Democratic rival Amy Acton's estranged mother, who had defended her daughter's alleged abuser.D.J. Byrnes, author of the Ohio political newsletter The Rooster, identified the strategist as Jai Chabria on Wednesday.The ad, which began circulating on social media late Monday, shows the mother, Donna Arthur, calling her daughter a liar, CBS News reported.“I knew it was a Ramaswamy production because his chief strategist, Jai Chabria, had been running around Columbus for at least two weeks bragging about the ad as the stroke of genius that would put his deplorable runt of a candidate across the finish line,” Byrnes wrote.Ramaswamy campaign manager Jonathan Ewing told Axios, “This is a campaign-ending moment for Amy Acton. The people who know her best keep warning Ohioans about her.”Sources close to the campaign told...