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GOP pollster tears apart how low the 'toxic' GOP has sunk
What happened
Former Republican consultant and pollster Frank Luntz condemned a Vivek Ramaswamy campaign ad targeting Ohio gubernatorial rival Amy Acton, calling it a “horrible example” of how toxic American politics has become. AlterNet reports that critics accused the ad of exploiting Acton’s estrangement from her mother without explaining that authorities had removed Acton from the home after sexual abuse by her mother’s then-husband.
Luntz argued on X that modern electioneering increasingly misleads and destroys rather than informs. He predicted the ad would influence voters but said it…
The skinny
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