Shocked Mike Lee staffer deletes candidate's 'vile' ad: 'I got this one wrong'

Sen. Mike Lee's (R-UT) chief strategist apologized and deleted his post of an attack ad featuring Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton’s estranged mother.Dan Hauser, whose X profile describes him as Lee’s chief strategist, announced the deletion on X Tuesday afternoon.The ad, which began circulating online Monday night, shows Donna Arthur calling her daughter a liar, The New York Times reported. Acton is running for Ohio governor against Republican Vivek Ramaswamy.“My apologies. I posted the video of Amy Acton’s mother without understanding the details behind their relationship and the very serious accusations that caused their issues. After researching it, and the disturbing allegations, I have deleted the video post,” Hauser wrote.“I have four daughters and a wife that I need to look in the face and hope they’re proud of what they see,” Hauser wrote in a later post. “I got this one wrong.”Conservative writer Pedro L. Gonzalez wrote on X,...