Melania Trump stood beside her husband at a West Palm Beach early-voting site on Saturday as Donald Trump said he did not think you could get 'a better reference' than the mother who called Ohio Democrat Amy Acton 'a liar' in a Republican attack ad. The first lady spoke to reporters about Ukraine that day, but no comment from her on the Acton row is recorded.
The ad, produced by Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign, features Acton's estranged mother, Donna Arthur, and has become a national flashpoint days before the midterms. Court records provided by Acton's campaign show her stepfather was charged with raping her at 12, though the case never reached trial.
