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Trump Calls Mike DeWine A RINO, Urges Vivek Ramaswamy To Keep Controversial Ad
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Trump labels Ohio Gov. DeWine a 'RINO' and attacks him publicly. Trump urges Vivek Ramaswamy to keep airing the controversial ad.
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Trump, DeWine, Ramaswamy
President Donald Trump attacked Republican Gov. Mike DeWine as a "RINO" and urged Vivek Ramaswamy to keep airing a controversial campaign ad featuring Democratic opponent Amy Acton's estranged mother.
Trump wrote on Truth Social that DeWine was "disloyal to the Republican Party," and Trump declared, "I suggested, on the other hand, that Vivek should keep it up."
DeWine condemned the advertisement, calling it "deeply, deeply troubling" and urging Ramaswamy to remove it, while DeWine "has not withdrawn his endorsement of the Republican nominee."
Billy Atwell, executive communications and strategy consultant with Atwell Consulting, told Fox News Digital that the situation was "a classic crisis comms mistake" and that "Vivek has ZERO time to waste."
Trump also accused the media of orchestrating a campaign against Ramaswamy and praised the Republican as a future "GREAT Governor."
Midterms, investigations, threats
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez threatened subpoenas and investigations into the Trump administration's Justice Department and FBI leadership if Democrats regain power after the midterms.
Ocasio-Cortez said, "Day one, we need to be opening investigations into the heads of every single one of these agencies, and we need to hold them accountable. I'm talking subpoenas, I'm talking investigations," at a Maine campaign event alongside Democrat Senate candidate Troy Jackson.
Ocasio-Cortez accused FBI Director Kash Patel of purging investigators and alleged that federal prosecutions involving New York Attorney General Letitia James and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell were politically motivated.
Rep. Jared Moskowitz said a constituent was arrested in Boca, just miles from his South Florida home, after allegedly threatening to kill him, and Moskowitz wrote, "He is currently in the Palm Beach County jail."
Moskowitz added, "I'm grateful to @fdlepio and local law enforcement for acting quickly to keep myself and my family safe," while the report said Moskowitz did not identify the suspect or provide further details about the alleged threat.
Ohio races and turnout
NBC News laid out Ohio's 2026 midterm landscape with early voting figures showing that 11% of 7.97M registered voters have cast an early ballot so far, including 838,575 mail-in and early in-person votes cast and 729,513 mail-in ballots requested.
“It is good to be home in the great state of Ohio.”
NBC News also listed Ohio's U.S. Senate race as Sherrod Brown versus Jon Husted, and it listed U.S. House District 7 as Marcy Kaptur versus Derek Merrin, while it listed U.S. House District 9 as Max Miller versus Brian Poindexter.
NBC News said in 2024 Ohio voted for Donald Trump by a 11.2-point margin, with Kamala Harris at 43.9% and Donald Trump at 55.1%.
Vice President JD Vance headlined a rally in Sharonville, Ohio, telling Tri-State voters, "It is good to be home in the great state of Ohio."
Vance urged attendees to vote for GOP candidates and said Vivek Ramaswamy had the "audacity to run a TV commercial which calls it out like it is, and calls Amy Acton a liar," while a protester briefly disrupted the rally before police escorted him out.