Ramaswamy's ad has Acton's estranged mother call her a liar about her childhood. Court records show the mother's husband was charged with raping Acton and the children were taken from them. After the backlash, Ramaswamy put $4 million behind it.
In 2016 Tom Barrett launched the Michigan Veterans Institute, said corporate donors were already giving, and ran for reelection on it. The nonprofit that housed it says 'little to no money' was raised and none of the promised services happened. Now Barrett says he was never responsible for its finances.
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Brandon Herrera, the Trump-endorsed Republican running for Congress in Texas, attacked mothers organizing against school shootings after Sandy Hook by calling their children "cum trophies."
Five weeks after calling an attack on Amy Acton something that 'must never be tolerated,' Jon Husted answered a beating at a Trump rally held for him by talking about the 'consequences' of interrupting — and admitted he hadn't watched the video.
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Brandon Herrera is telling voters he will protect Social Security.
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Ann Wagner claims her signature law was designed to crack down on sex trafficking.
A resurfaced 2024 podcast clip shows Brandon Herrera starting a joke about Tony Stark having Down syndrome and putting on a voice to mock disabled people. Two years later he hosted an 'Autism and Special Needs Forum' for his congressional campaign.
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Brandon Herrera thinks the country "went to shit" after women won the right to vote.
A Mother Jones investigation found that Rep. Max Miller answers people who talk about the abuse allegations against him with threats — cease-and-desist letters to TV stations and a Democratic organizer, emails warning his ex-wife's lawyer he'd go public about a murder case, and a text to his ex-father-in-law, Sen. Bernie Moreno.