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Catching Our Eye
• Limbo rock. Limbo lower now. How low can you go? TiffinOhio’s Bonnie Lucas reports, “Fact check: Ramaswamy ad blames Acton for death of woman who lived and died in Kentucky, not Ohio.”
Vivek Ramaswamy’s newest television ad asks Ohio voters to blame Amy Acton for a woman’s isolation and death without telling them a central fact: the woman was a Kentucky resident who died in Kentucky.
The spot, paid for by Vivek Ramaswamy and Rob McColley for Ohio and tracked by the ad-monitoring firm Medium Buying, features Delhi Township Republican activist Linda Caudill speaking directly to the camera about her mother…
What the ad never tells viewers is where Caudill’s mother lived or where she died.
• Limbo lower now. How low can you go? The Columbus Dispatch’s Haley BeMiller reports, “’Our grief is not raw material’ for Husted Senate ad, family says in call for removal.”
A central Ohio family who died in a fiery car crash is front and center in a political ad to boost U.S. Sen. Jon Husted − and their relatives want it taken down.
The spot from the National Senate Republican Committee highlights the deaths of Lynnea, Luke and 1-year-old Logan Soposki in an April multi-vehicle crash in Delaware County. Authorities said Modou F. Ngom, of Columbus, was driving a tractor trailer and rear ended the Soposkis’ vehicle, pushing it into other cars and across multiple lanes…
The ad also includes a photo of the Soposkis taken by a family friend, according to a statement from the family. And they never agreed for it to be used.
“This is not a statement about immigration policy, and we are not making one for any party or candidate,” the family said. “It is a statement about our family. Lynnea and Luke were not political symbols. … Our grief is not raw material for a campaign, and their images are not public property to repurpose for anyone’s advantage.”
• Qualified immunity. The Statehouse News Bureau’s Jo Ingles reports, “Democratic candidate for Ohio governor speaks out on qualified immunity, police tech and more.”
Ohio’s Democratic candidate for governor has received an endorsement from a major statewide police agency. And she spoke out about her positions on some issues involving law enforcement, including qualified immunity and police cooperation with federal law and immigration enforcement.
Amy Acton was also asked about the controversial use of Flock cameras by police to solve crimes, something that has raised questions about privacy. When questioned specifically about police use of Flock cameras and the data they provide, Acton said she’d do a comprehensive overview of all our public safety and emergency response.