President Donald Trump issued an unequivocal endorsement of the controversial political video advertisement from Republican Vivek Ramaswamy.

The ad features the mother of his opponent for the gubernatorial race in Ohio calling her a liar and asking Ohioans not to vote for her.

‘That took a lot of courage to do but, essentially, what she was really doing was saving Ohio from making a truly horrible choice!’

Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate, excoriated Ramaswamy for using her mother in an ad after Acton suffered sexual abuse by her mother’s partner when she was a child.

Various Republicans have called on Ramaswamy to take the ad down, but the president is not one of them.

“Vivek Ramaswamy put up a very powerful Ad about a mother saying that her daughter, Amy Acton, who is running for Governor of Ohio, is a liar, and much worse,” Trump wrote in a post on social media Thursday.

“The Press, in a concerted and well coordinated attack, is trying to get Vivek Ramaswamy to ‘take down the Ad.’ Frankly, anybody whose mother spoke about a daughter in that way would normally lead to the daughter being precluded from serving in Office, let alone the Office of Governor,” he added.

He went on to fully endorse Ramaswamy leaving the ad up.

“I only wish the mothers of my opponents would be so brave as to come forward and explain that their son or daughter is a liar, and much worse,” he added. “That took a lot of courage to do but, essentially, what she was really doing was saving Ohio from making a truly horrible choice! The Press is trying to convince everyone that this Ad is bad, because it’s so good!”

Among the more prominent Republicans calling for the ad to be taken down was Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R).

“The ad, on its face, is deeply, deeply troubling. But when you know the rest of the story, when you know the backstory, when you know that the husband of the mom was indicted by a grand jury after hearing testimony, and that he took off along with the mother,” DeWine said to reporters.

“When you know that, it just, to me, makes it more serious. It makes it just more wrong. So it’s wrong to run this ad … I would just urge the Ramaswamy campaign to take this down,” he added.

On the other hand, Vice President JD Vance excoriated Republicans for criticizing Ramaswamy.

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Acton was 12 years old when her biological father reported her stepfather to police over allegations that he had raped Acton for a period of time, beginning December 1976 and ending April 1978.

Acton’s stepfather, Cledith Arthur, pleaded not guilty and then failed to appear in court before becoming a fugitive from the law. He died in 2004.

The Rooster political blog first shared the ad, but the Ramaswamy campaign took responsibility for the video Tuesday and indicated it had plans to spend $4 million to promote the ad.

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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in New Jersey led to assault charges for an illegal alien from Honduras, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

The incident unfolded on Oct. 4 when ICE officers ran a license plate check on a truck in the area of another federal operation in Gibbsboro.

‘Licona Amador will be held accountable under federal law for allegedly defying lawful commands from ICE officers and escalating the encounter by threatening violence.’

Officers discovered the truck was registered to 27-year-old Reinieri De Jesus Licona Amador, and the driver of the truck matched a photo of Licona Amador on file, the complaint claimed. Immigration records said he was illegally present in the U.S. and subject to removal.

The officers lit up their emergency lights, and Licona Amador pulled over. When they approached the truck, they were wearing badges and clothing that clearly identified them as “ICE” and “police,” the press release said.

At that point, the officers saw Licona Amador reach back into a tool container in the back and pull out a hammer, the complaint claimed.

According to the allegations, the officers ordered him to stop moving, but he refused to follow their orders and moved to the passenger seat with the hammer. They tried to physically restrain him, but he was able to climb out of the truck and then allegedly “swung his hammer multiple times” at two officers, according to the press release.

The complaint indicated that the suspect did not manage to strike the officers, identified as Victim 1 and Victim 2.

“Victim 2 also stated that, had the hammer actually made physical contact with either Victim 1 or Victim 2, Victim 2 thought that the hammer would have caused serious, and potentially fatal, injuries to Victim 1 or Victim 2,” Special Agent Javed Narain wrote in the complaint.

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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for New Jersey released images from body camera footage showing a man with a hammer.

Officers sprayed him with pepper spray and were able to subdue him after that. They also called for EMS, but Licona Amador refused treatment, the complaint said.

Another passenger in the vehicle at the time was identified as an illegal alien from Honduras who had been previously issued a final order of removal, the complaint noted.

“Threats, violence, and obstruction directed at federal law enforcement officers are unacceptable and jeopardize the safety of both our personnel and the public,” reads a statement from Michael McCarthy, the special agent in charge for Homeland Security Investigations in New Jersey.

“Licona Amador will be held accountable under federal law for allegedly defying lawful commands from ICE officers and escalating the encounter by threatening violence,” he added.

“These acts of violence cannot be tolerated and must end,” McCarthy concluded.

Licona Amador was arrested Monday. If convicted on the assault charge, he faces a possible sentence of 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.

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Washington state officials are facing criticism over their handling of a protest related to a biological male trying to run on the girls’ cross-country team.

About a dozen girls on the Camas High School cross-country team walked away when their race began at a district-level cross-country event on Tuesday.

‘Students do not need to provide medical or legal documentation to participate in athletics matching their gender identity.’

They are opposed to the inclusion of a biological boy who decided to switch to the girls’ team mid-season after initially joining the boys’ team.

Protests and counter-protests have erupted over the issue, and sometimes they got physical.

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association oversees high school sports and said only that students can compete in a sport consistent with their gender identity.

“School personnel responsible for student eligibility work collaboratively with the student athlete to determine eligibility under those rules,” reads the policy from WIAA.

The WIAA handbook adds: “Students do not need to provide medical or legal documentation to participate in athletics matching their gender identity.”

One student athlete spoke to KING-TV about her fellow students’ decision to protest. She did not want to be publicly identified.

“A lot of the girls on my team decided that they felt it was unfair to their sport, like it could affect their times and their places,” the girl said. “Besides that, it’s not my issue. Live your life how you want. I am completely fine with trans kids.”

A protester with a sign that read, “Let our trans kids play” offered the counter-opinion.

“They deserve to be included as representatives of their own identity. They are trans girls. They are girls,” she claimed.

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The biological male finished second out of 26 runners on Wednesday and displaced a biological girl from competing in the regional race. He had placed 76th among boys just a few weeks prior.

Camas is a city of about 26,000 people in the southwest corner of the state.

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