Political strategists on Ramaswamy attack ad against Amy Acton that features her estranged mother
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[0:00] Welcome back to Takeout. Here at the
[0:02] Takeout Tavern, remember it's open
[0:04] Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
[0:06] Political panel time. Mark Bednar,
[0:07] Republican strategist, former
[0:09] communications director for Speaker
[0:10] Kevin McCarthy, Santiago mayor, founder
[0:13] and executive director of Voters of
[0:15] Tomorrow. Gentlemen, great to have you
[0:17] at the tavern.
[0:18] >> So great to be here.
[0:19] >> We went to break. So the iron rule of
[0:22] the political panel conversation is if I
[0:24] go to it at break, we start with it. So,
[0:27] here is a bit of an ad run in the Ohio
[0:30] governor's race that Vav Ramaswami, the
[0:32] Republican nominee, did not immediately
[0:35] embrace his own, but then acknowledged
[0:37] it was his. Watch it.
[0:39] >> It's not easy for a mother to say this,
[0:41] but Amy has a serious problem. She is a
[0:45] liar. She lies about her past.
[0:49] I received a lot of abstin
[0:56] the Democratic nominee. And when I say
[0:58] estranged people, you can look it up.
[0:59] The estrangement there is deep ab