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LOCAL 12 follows the Republican's Ohio campaign stops and Acton's response to an ad she says exploits her childhood.
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Story of Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 53,438 views a day, 50 times a normal first day on this channel (1,080).
Ramaswamy visits Tri-State as debate over controversial ad continues
Vivek Ramaswamy is putting another $4 million behind controversial campaign advertising, according to LOCAL 12, as his opponent Amy Acton condemns the use of her childhood in Ohio's gubernatorial campaign.
The station's report, "Ramaswamy visits Tri-State as debate over controversial ad continues," follows him to Izzy's Deli in Monroe, where he appeared alongside other Republican candidates. He did not discuss the ad at that stop. Instead, the report includes his defense from an appearance near Cleveland the previous day: "We ran an ad about lying."
The ad features Acton's estranged mother calling her daughter a liar. LOCAL 12 explains that Acton endured sexual abuse as a child and has been estranged from her mother for decades. That history is central to Acton's objection to the advertising, not simply background to another exchange of campaign accusations.
The report drew more than 51,000 views before its first day was over, far beyond the station's usual start for a Short. It brings the controversy from the national political reaction back to campaign stops in Ohio.
In Cleveland, Acton appeared with former Senator Sherrod Brown and former President Barack Obama, who criticized the campaign tactics. Acton addressed the ad directly, saying Ramaswamy had intentionally exploited her childhood to help his campaign.
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- Channel
- LOCAL 12
- Subscribers
- 283,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 787,711
- Channel views, pace per day
- 118,635 (on a normal day: 116,245)
- Video published
- October 25, 2026
- Video views so far
- 51,656 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 53,438
The numbers
This campaign report drew an unusually large audience for a LOCAL 12 Short, while the channel's overall daily views stayed close to their usual level.
