Trump backs Ramaswamy ad featuring Acton's estranged mother, urges GOP to embrace it

President Donald Trump has defended the Ramaswamy campaign ad featuring Amy Acton's estranged mother and urged Republicans to support it.

• At an Iowa rally Thursday, Trump said Ramaswamy had asked whether to pull the ad and that he advised keeping it up.
• Trump labeled Ohio Governor Mike DeWine "disloyal" after DeWine urged Ramaswamy to take the ad down.
• Iowa GOP Senate candidate Ashley Hinson called for the ad's removal, saying it was "absolutely terrible" for Acton to relive the trauma.
• The ad features Acton's estranged mother, Donna Arthur, disputing her account of childhood sexual abuse by her stepfather.