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She Planned to Protest Trump. She Didn’t Plan on Getting Punched.

24 October 2026 at 21:08
Blake Miley yelled “fascist” as President Trump spoke at a midterm campaign rally. The violence that followed “was not right,” she said.

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“I knew there was a really good possibility that this would happen,” Blake Miley said. “But I don’t blame myself. It is not right what they did to me.”

How Vivek Ramaswamy’s Ruthless Ad in Ohio Divided Republicans

The fallout from Vivek Ramaswamy’s brutal spot targeting his Democratic rival in the Ohio governor’s race showed that even in the Trump era, a political attack can be seen as going too far.

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Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican, is facing a tight race for governor of Ohio against Amy Acton, a Democrat.

Vivek Ramaswamy defends ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother

Speaking at a campaign stop, Ramaswamy said the advertisement, which features Acton's mother calling her "a liar," had nothing to do with childhood abuse.

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