MAGA world figures describing the ad as a ‘self-inflicted wound’ in private, report claims
Vivek Ramaswamy was reportedly warned by Ohio Republicans and campaign staffers not to run the controversial attack ad on Democratic opponent Amy Acton that featured her estranged mother - but went ahead anyway.
Some campaign staffers are so incensed by the decision to run the ad - which featured Acton’s 82-year-old mother, Donna Arthur smearing her daughter as a “liar” over child sex abuse she suffered - that they have considered resigning, according to Zeteo. Arthur lost custody of her children after her late husband, Cledith Arthur, was indicted for raping Acton when she was a child. She stood by her husband, who died in 2004.
Several Ohio Republican and Trump-world figures privately described the ad as a “self-inflicted wound” to Zeteo as the polls with Acton have narrowed.
It’s a smart move to quit now, in protest, when you know he’s going to lose. So you lose a week’s pay, big deal.
If they had quit immediately, THAT would have been the move that showed moral courage rather than this cynical and strategic quitting.
We’re talking about people who chose to be Ramaswamy staffers, they have neither morals nor courage.
Rats don’t flee the ship until it’s noticeably sinking.
And only if they can’t make it to the highest point.
Even imagining republicans might have courage in any scenario is kind of hilarious, ngl.
Sir, these are Republicans.
And this isn’t a Wendy’s
That moral courage would have kept them from accepting the job in the first place.
They are always, without exception, unable to act before if affects them personally.
If that ad went over well they would abandon whatever “concern” they had. They have no fortitude.
I mean they did work for him in the first place after all.
Just like all the scumbags who only denounced the orange kid-diddler after Jan 6, tried some book deals, then went and fell back in line 2 years later.
Fuck. Every. Single. One of them
Years ago, I was at a scientific conference and this clown was at my lunch table. He made a lot of money buying abandoned drugs for cheap, then making a new company and attracting investors on new drug pumping, then quietly dumping all stock holdings before the drug failed. He only had a bachelor’s degree in arts, not even science.
30 minutes into lunch he left the table and conversation was: who was that asshole. He’s quite insane. He offended some indian-American scientists suggesting they should never have been made US citizens. “He knows he’s brown, right?”
He then went on to write Woke, Inc. How insane do you have to be to get dumped by Trump.
A lot of American VC types are high on their own supply and interpret past luck as success and intelligence.
As someone in VC, I can confirm.
Kind of guy who likes to talk shit because he likes the smell.
I have “sides with child rapist” on my 2026 right politics bingo card.
It’s already marked.
That’s the free square.
“Is child rapist” is the free square.
I just keep stamping it. I think I’ve punched a hole through.
Why didn’t they want to resign before that? They don’t have any problem with vile pieces of shit, they only have a problem with losing.
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Anybody willing to tell their child that they are lying about their sexual abuse can get fucked. I’m so thankful people believed me about mine. I’d be so much more fucked up if they didn’t.
And whoever thought this was okay to shoot and release as an ad are shit human beings. Nobody deserves to have their trauma aired on tv bcz they tried to run for public office, especially something so personal and humiliating.
I saw the ad, but I forgot most of it immediately… and I don’t want to revisit it. so forgive me if that last line isn’t quite correct.
Political ads:
✅️> Here’s what I want to do
✅️> Here’s what I believe
➖️> My opponent said or did something I think you’ll disagree with
❌️> My opponent alleges they were assaulted, but I don’t think they were so they are a liar
They “want to quit” but have not. They aren’t quitting, they’re taking the money and riding it out until the election is over, just like they would have if he hadn’t run that gross ad.
If they had morals and principles they wouldn’t be Republicans
they have considered resigning
And I’ve considered being a millionaire. Shit or get off the pot, spineless pricks.
So… Are you a millionaire yet?
Nah, not done considerin’ yet.
The pot is waiting
Ok I shit in the pot, do I get the money now?
Not with that uncertainty, but you do have a following of fetishists now.
You have to be forceful, commanding. I shit in the pot. Give me my money or I’ll take it back out.
The secret to financial success is dietary fiber.
when you are too low even for the minions that work for you…
Apparently this woman was not only a giant pos, when the campaign found her she was living in her car with a bunch of cats. She would have said anything for very little money.
Don’t forget that she was also in trouble for killing kittens!
Quick, someone appoint her to head the DHS!
Now hold on a second. Did she eat any of the kittens or cut off their penises? If not, she’s not quite DHS material for this administration.
That’s HHS (Health and Human Services). She fits perfectly succeeding Kristi Noem, the dog killer, in Department of Homeland Security. Understandable, with how many departments have oddly specific scenarios involving animals.
Not to be confused with the FBI where having sex with animals no longer disqualifies you!
Such a progressive administration really
Considered? A week out?
Cowards.
Don’t think about resigning, fucking resign.
It’s not like he wasn’t a horrible person before so his staff we garbage people already.
When they don’t actually resign, remember how much integrity is worth to Republicans…
Hasn’t it been playing for awhile now? Why are they quitting the week before the elections? I get it, looking for a job when you put up a child rape denier as gospel looks bad, but you reap what you sow.
Same reason a bunch of Trump officials will start leaving next year (for personal reasons, to spend more time with their family, to pursue a wonderful opportunity, etc): if they leave now, it’s easier for them to line up jobs elsewhere in the right-wing universe. If they wait until after Election Day, there’ll be a bunch more people competing for the same positions. This way, they can get in early.
Grandstanding for their next grift
so brave.
It’s so funny seeing Ramaswami step back into the public eye after giving Squeex basically half a decade to write a public image for him amongst his audience with his parody character Ramasquamy
Like, I seriously can’t think of Ramaswamy as an actual politician that people take seriously after several years of watching Ramasquamy prance around announcing “Day One!” whilst holding up double peace signs, stage a “peaceful protest” at the city hall on Jan 6th after he lost the mayoral reelection, or setting up a fake assassination plot to have his ear get shot during the mayoral debates last month, pretending to be the incumbent mayor because of being referenced as mayor in the trailer despite there being nobody actually filling the mayoral role, etc.
shout out for bringing up nopixel I’ve been watching it like crazy lately. Only real ones understand. Bogg Dann music is some of the funniest shit I’ve ever heard
The funniest part is I’m not the one who watches it, my wife is. Most of it is just background noise to me, but she’ll poke me to pay attention when they get something really rediculous setup (like the staged assassination plot. Listening to Chatterbox and Vivek planning it was honestly funnier than the staged assassination attempt itself!)
But yeah honestly I find the pacing of live streams to be too slow for me, I just can’t pay attention for that long without anything meaningful happening, then suddenly I’ve missed something massive in the 1-2 hour long conversation I tuned out. But having my wife who finds it’s perfect second screen content for her ADHD to poke me when I need to pay attention or summarize some of the long meandering conversations between characters (seriously I can never tell when it’s an important conversation or not!) it’s almost like I’m a viewer
