The Memo: Trump backs controversial Ohio ad, pouring fuel on midterm campaign fires
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- The Hill reports: “President Trump intensified the furor over a deeply controversial political ad on Thursday, backing the decision by the GOP’s gubernatorial candidate in Ohio, Vivek Ramaswamy, to run the commercial…”
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