Trump defends Ramaswamy ad as top Republicans call for taking it down

ABC News reports: Trump said he himself would run such an ad: 'it's called, 'hitting pay dirt.'" President Donald Trump on Thursday defended a controversial ad from Ohio GOP gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy featuring his Democratic opponent Amy Acton's estranged mother calling her daughter a "liar," with the president on social media calling it "powerful" and saying that he himself would run such an ad. "Who wouldn't use such an Ad?. I would, it's called, 'hitting pay dirt,'" Trump wrote in a social media post on Thursday afternoon. Trump also said that Ramaswamy should keep the ad up -- despite several Republicans' calls to take it down.

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