{"id":2645208,"date":"2026-08-14T15:38:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T19:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-and-acton-trade-jabs-over-past-baggage\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T15:41:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T19:41:12","slug":"ramaswamy-and-acton-trade-jabs-over-past-baggage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ramaswamy-and-acton-trade-jabs-over-past-baggage\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramaswamy and Acton trade jabs over past baggage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Framaswamy-and-acton-trade-jabs-over-past-baggage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2645208&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and Democratic contender Amy Acton exchanged accusations amid recent developments in the closely contested race.Acton criticized Ramaswamy after his former bodyguard pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking charges, raising questions about the candidate\u2019s trustworthiness and their plans for public safety. Ramaswamy defended himself by highlighting that the incident also jeopardized the bodyguard\u2019s family and emphasized his zero tolerance for such behavior. <\/p>\n<p>Further scrutiny arose following reports that Acton&#8217;s daughter called 911 in 2019 during a domestic dispute involving alcohol and medication, which Acton responded to by claiming a lack of mainstream coverage and accusing media bias. The election remains tight,with recent polling showing Ramaswamy holding a slight lead over acton in Ohio. The candidates continue to attack each other&#8217;s character and record as they vie for voter support in the upcoming race.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ohio\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"1141\">Ohio<\/a> Republican gubernatorial candidate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vivek-ramaswamy\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"2872\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a> and his Democratic competitor Amy Acton traded jabs this week after previous troubles came to light in the toss-up <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2026-election\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"11675\">race<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acton went after Ramaswamy after a previous family bodyguard pleaded guilty to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/fox8.com\/news\/vivek-ramaswamys-former-bodyguard-pleads-guilty-to-federal-drug-charges\/\">drug trafficking charges<\/a> on Thursday. Meanwhile, an alleged 911 phone call that detailed an alcohol-influenced fight between Acton and her husband in 2019 led to a grilling from the former biotech entrepreneur and 2024 presidential nominee.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4687696\/ramaswamy-acton-ohio-governor-race-baggage\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Ramaswamy and Acton turn past baggage into ammunition in Ohio governor\u2019s race<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4686664\/vermont-republican-four-offices-at-once\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Meet the Vermont Republican running for four offices at once \u2014 so his party can find someone to replace him<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4686933\/hilton-gains-ground-august-survey-california-governor-race-becerra-still-leading\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Steve Hilton gains ground in California governor\u2019s race but Becerra maintains lead: Poll<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acton\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campaign\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"801\">campaign<\/a> pounced on reports that Justin Salsburey, 44,\u00a0pleaded guilty to federal narcotics trafficking charges. He had been employed by Ramaswamy through a third-party vendor and was arrested in December 2025, months after Ramaswamy\u2019s campaign launched.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acton\u2019s campaign used the situation to paint Ramaswamy as untrustworthy, but he painted her characterization as political warfare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a press release, Acton spokeswoman Addie Bullock ripped Ramaswamy, targeting his public safety plans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVivek Ramaswamy\u2019s personal bodyguard pleading guilty to federal drug trafficking charges for fentanyl and meth is just the latest example of how Ohioans cannot trust billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy to keep their families safe,\u201d Bullock said. \u201cIf these are the type of people he surrounds himself with, how can Ohioans trust him to stand up for public safety and be tough on crime?\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, Ramaswamy\u2019s campaign applauded law enforcement and pointed to how the former bodyguard also put his family at risk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cVivek\u2019s family was deeply disturbed by this incident, and Vivek has zero tolerance for conduct that jeopardizes the safety of his family or our communities,\u201d Connie Luck, spokeswoman for the Ramaswamy campaign, said. \u201cThey terminated the third-party firm immediately, and Vivek\u2019s family is grateful for the State Highway Patrol\u2019s protection going forward. Shame on the Democrats for trying to politicize the safety of his young family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Ramaswamy fielded attacks from his opponent over the arrest, new reports emerged of an episode in which Acton\u2019s daughter called 911 because \u201cmom has been drinking and throwing things.\u201d According to a 911 call log <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/loomered.com\/2026\/08\/13\/exclusive-never-before-released-911-call-log-reveals-amy-actons-own-daughter-reported-mom-has-been-drinking-and-throwing-things-during-2019-domestic-disturbance\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/loomered.com\/2026\/08\/13\/exclusive-never-before-released-911-call-log-reveals-amy-actons-own-daughter-reported-mom-has-been-drinking-and-throwing-things-during-2019-domestic-disturbance\/\">reported by conservative commentator Laura Loomer<\/a>, Acton\u2019s daughter called emergency services due to a fight between the then-Ohio health director and her husband.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an accompanying report filed by responding officers, Acton allegedly attempted to drive off but was stopped by her husband. The report also notes that Acton said she had taken prescription medication,<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ramaswamy <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\/status\/2088288719254298977?s=20\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VivekGRamaswamy\/status\/2088288719254298977?s=20\">responded to Loomer\u2019s reporting<\/a>, calling out the lack of \u201cmainstream\u201d reporting on the incident and claiming that if a Republican were the subject, then the conversation would be different.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re more focused on covering it up rather than covering the news, dismissing the latest as a one-off incident rather than a repeated pattern of behavior dating back over a decade,\u201d he said. \u201cLet\u2019s see how they respond now after learning that Acton lied to their faces.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> contacted Acton\u2019s campaign for comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4649682\/musk-dump-5-million-ramaswamy-campaign\/\"><strong>MUSK DUMPS $5 MILLION IN RAMASWAMY\u2019S CAMPAIGN DESPITE DOGE FALLOUT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The competitors\u2019 jabs come as new polling released Friday shows Ramaswamy with a narrow lead in the toss-up race. According to a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fox_august-6-10-2026_ohio_topline_august-13-release.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/fox_august-6-10-2026_ohio_topline_august-13-release.pdf\">poll conducted by Fox News<\/a>, the Republican leads Acton by 2 percentage points, a slight increase from earlier polling that showed a 50-49 split.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ramaswamy and Acton clash over past scandals in Ohio race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2645209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-collage-1jvnfl5gi-1778070212649-e1778070350591.jpg?1782733481&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[81903,3896,5894,50929],"class_list":["post-2645208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-acton","tag-debate","tag-politics","tag-ramaswamy-2"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/image-collage-1jvnfl5gi-1778070212649-e1778070350591.jpg?1782733481&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2645208"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2645211,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2645208\/revisions\/2645211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2645209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2645208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2645208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2645208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}