• thallamabond@lemmy.world
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    It’s a bold strategy Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for him.

    This is a response to his first ad featuring her estranged mother

    According to Acton’s campaign and records reviewed by USA TODAY, Acton has been estranged from her mother since 1978, when her stepfather, Cledith Arthur, faced a rape charge for for sexually abusing 12-year-old Acton.

      • ThePantser@sh.itjust.works
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        Going to hell for this but…

        Republicans heard there was “12 year old Action” and became enraged when they found out their real age.

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          I mean the Republican speaker of the house is legitimately porn buddies with his son. We’re so far out over the shark at this point I don’t think it was out of place to imply that.

    • MrSelfDestruct@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      Not only that, her step dad had already been indicted for raping his own daughter. So her mom was still with him, knowing that. Scumbags.

    • ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      Proposed response to second ad: “My rapist stepdad would be precisely the type of person to vote for Vivek Ramaswammy”