Claims by Vivek Ramaswamy, checked

• She is a liar. She lies about her past. She says she grew up living in a tent. None of that is true. She’s lied her entire life.

  Vivek Ramaswamy · A one-minute online video featuring Donna Arthur, first posted on Oct. 19, 2026 by the political blogger known as The Rooster with no paid-for line; the Ramaswamy campaign confirmed on Oct. 20 that it is the campaign's ad · October 19, 2026

  FactCheck.org published no rating scale, October 21, 2026 · Controversial Ohio Ad Calls Acton a ‘Liar,’ But Records Back Her Account of Childhood · the check

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• …but Amy Acton refuses.

  Vivek Ramaswamy · A campaign television advertisement, "Real Leaders Listen" · September 17, 2026

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• Two months later, she died. Amy Acton is to blame for this.

  Vivek Ramaswamy · A campaign television advertisement, "Linda Interview", in which Linda Caudill speaks · August 24, 2026

  WKRC published no rating scale, September 8, 2026 · Truth Squad: Fact checking attack ads as race for Ohio governor heats up · the check

  WVXU published no rating scale, September 28, 2026 · Fact checking political attack ads · the check

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• Acton hiked taxes and made everything cost more

  Vivek Ramaswamy · A campaign television advertisement set in an imagined future · August 2026

  cleveland.com published no rating scale, September 11, 2026 · Ramaswamy ad’s evidence for $21 billion tax claim? A fact check that debunked it · the check

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• Vivek Ramaswamy backs law enforcement and is endorsed by the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police and 67 county sheriffs.

  Vivek Ramaswamy · A campaign television advertisement, "Law Enforcement," from Ramaswamy for OH Governor / McColley for OH Lt. Governor, as catalogued by AdImpact (AdImpact lists it as started airing 07/28/26) · July 28, 2026

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• OHIO HAD THE MOST ELDERLY DEATHS IN THE MIDWEST

  Vivek Ramaswamy · On-screen text in a campaign television advertisement, "Ohio's COVID Czar" · June 12, 2026

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• Amy Acton called off Ohio's election at the last minute

  Vivek Ramaswamy · A campaign advertisement · April 2026

  PolitiFact rated this Mostly False, May 13, 2026 · the check

  WVXU published no rating scale, September 28, 2026 · Fact checking political attack ads · the check

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• Jan. 6 now does look like it was an inside job.

  Vivek Ramaswamy · A Republican presidential primary debate in Alabama · December 6, 2023

  PolitiFact rated this Pants on Fire, December 7, 2023 · the check

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• The great replacement theory is not some grand right-wing conspiracy theory. But a basic statement of the Democratic Party's platform.

  Vivek Ramaswamy · A Republican presidential primary debate · December 2023

  PolitiFact rated this Pants on Fire, December 13, 2023 · the check

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