ICYMI: Brent Larkin: Ramaswamy Campaign Ad Is “A Lie”

ICYMI: Brent Larkin: Ramaswamy Campaign Ad Is "A Lie"

April 27, 2026

COLUMBUS, OH - Yesterday, Brent Larkin addressed the Ramaswamy campaign's latest smear, in which they falsely claimed in an ad that Dr. Acton was responsible for delaying the 2020 primary election.

READ: Turning facts into lies? Welcome to Campaign 2026 in Ohio: Brent Larkin

• As proven during his failed run for president in 2024, voters don't much like Ramaswamy. He comes across as smart, but arrogant.

• Trump's declining popularity, skyrocketing fuel and grocery prices, and Ramaswamy's unlikability explain why a concerned Ramaswamy campaign has already spent $10 million in television ads. Notably, the ads do not feature Ramaswamy talking to the camera.

• This election is close. If it stays that way, if Ramaswamy's attempt to buy the election with his own money doesn't work, then his truth-shattering will accelerate. In one of its most recent television spots, the Ramaswamy campaign says Acton "called off" the 2020 primary election because of COVID-19.

• It's a lie. And DeWine responded to the lie by again stating that the decision to delay the primary, not call it off, was his - not Acton's.

• …Again, on numerous occasions, and both before and after Ramaswamy began airing his attack ad on Acton, DeWine has said he gave the order for Acton to postpone the March 17 election.

• If Ramaswamy is willing to obliterate (MAGA's favorite verb) the truth about how and why all this happened during the most serious public health crisis in more than 100 years, maybe he shouldn't be trusted to run this state.

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