Ramaswamy's Morally Depraved Commercial and the Gaslighter-In-Chief Cheering it On (Trump).

 

By now, you've either seen Vivek Ramaswamy's morally reprehensible (and downright disgusting) commercial or you've heard about it.

(I'm not sharing it here - you can Google it.)

If you haven't, you need to know that Vivek Ramaswamy is a MAGA Republican running for governor of Ohio.

His opponent is Amy Acton, a Democrat.

His latest commercial digs up Amy's estranged mother, who claims Amy is a liar and is seething hatred for her own daughter.

HOWEVER - here's what the commercial is NOT telling you ... 

Amy and her brother were taken away from their mother by police and CPS after evidence that her stepfather had sexually abused her.

Her stepfather was arrested and indicted for sexual abuse, then ran from the police for decades to avoid prosecution until his death.

Despite evidence and her children being taken away from her, her husband running to avoid prosecution, her mother is still in denial, enabled him until his death, and gaslighting her - now  calling her a liar on national TV on Ramaswamy's commercial - and Trump just encouraged him to keep airing it - despite even MAGA recoiling from it.

Also, JD Vance called MAGA voters publicly condemning the commercial "whiners". 

Okay, so ... hating your own daughter isn't normal no matter what she did. 

Even if Amy WAS lying - which she isn't, as there's enough police, CPS, and court evidence available to prove she wasn't - hating her daughter over it isn't normal or sane.

In fact, if you've ever watched crime documentaries, even with the mothers of actual serial killers, caring mothers not in denial (or not just as sick as their child)  that HAVE accepted their child is an monster, still love them.

Because for normal, sane mothers, a mother's love for their child is essentially unkillable.

They might feel anger at them sometimes, sure. 

They might need to set boundaries and limit contact with them over addiction or other harmful behaviors, too.

However, what hurt mothers mostly feel is grief, sorrow, and constant self-questioning about where they must've gone wrong - NOT hatred.

So the fact that that instead of feeling grief, sorrow, or ever once questioning herself/her husband, the only thing Amy's mother feels is hatred for her daughter even decades later, tell you about Amy's mother?

And what does that tell you about the mental health of Ramaswamy, Trump and JD Vance for enabling her, despite documented physical evidence by police, CPS, medical professionals, and the court?

Well, it SHOULD be telling you how sick Amy's stepfather and mother really are, both clearly having a sort untreated mental illness, enabled for way too long.

(What was I JUST saying about family, group, systemic, institutional or even national level dysfunction (i.e., the Nazis) and their enablers, at the end of my post below?)

It should also be telling you how completely amoral all 3 politicians are, such that they'd be willing to help enable her mother by gaslighting a proven sexual abuse victim, just to win an election.

Which is actually even worse than her parents' untreated mental illness -  because her parents aren't aware of how ill they are.

These politicians, on the other hand, are engaging in conscious, intentional enabling and manipulation of a known untreated severely mentally ill person, as well as conscious amorality, just to personally benefit from it.

(Also, may I also just say that it never ceases to amaze me that the exact same men pushing anti-immigrant "rapist" propaganda are also the first ones to automatically deny rape, sexual assault, or sexual harassment ever happened, when we actually try to claim it -  ESPECIALLY if it's NOT a non-documented immigrant!)

It should also be causing you to remember the lengths that Trump went to, to try and hide his own close, years-long friendship with Epstein -  as well as  how much he has tried to prevent the DOJ from even meeting with the Epstein victims 2 years after he promised  them justice during his campaign - which all came out just before he started a war with Iran.

And lastly, it should be telling you that as much as Trump. JD Vance, and Ramaswamy champion the Christian agenda as their base voters-  how much they actually have no moral compass at all themselves.

Thus, they will say, do, and use anyone or anything just to win an election, no level is too low to stoop.

(However, MAGA are nearly as vocal about we are on this one - THANK YOU, MAGA!  FINALLY, something we agree on!)

Speaking of winning, I only have THIS left to say to say, if I could, to Amy Acton ...

Amy,

I am praying for you to win - and by that, I don't mean the election (but that's be great, too).

I mean the bigger internal battle likely going on, right now, after having to face toxic familial gaslighting again from members of your own family, despite what you KNOW happened to you - with evidence, witnesses, and arrests made.

Nobody would blame you if you wanted to fold out because of that, it would rattle the strongest of us -  but it must go right to the very core of you from childhood - but you haven't folded. 

Whether or not you stay or leave, the more important thing is to remember that once upon a time, despite the gaslighting, you trusted yourself and your own sanity just enough to wake up to the toxicity and the truth, and to stop pretending along with it out of fear and to keep the peace. 

 

You  began to value yourself just as much as you valued them - and chose sanity over toxicity. 

And if you did it once, you can do it again now, though this is a egregious intentional trigger on a larger public stage.

 

Though never sexually abused in my family, I had my share of abuse and familial gaslighting - so I know what that's like and it still affects me to this day at 57.

In fact, the 2 or 3 times I ever faced a gaslighting situation again with someone (and their enablers), I ran away immediately - and STILL doubt myself over it -  because I've never learned to handle it properly.

(Because I have learned that if ever I did try to fight back or stick to my truth, it just made things worse.) 

Thus, I am amazed at your ability to withstand it, I never could - so in that way, you've already won that battle. 

 

Now it's time to win the war - if not the election, the bigger, age-old war within yourself, regarding who the true victims in your family are despite everyone claiming to be, as well as who the truly (untreated) mentally ill family members (and their enablers) are VS, those wounded/victimized BY them 

(HINT: The victims are usually the first ones seeking treatment, initially blaming themselves.) 

But just in case you still currently don't know the answer to that, due to this resurgence of childhood gaslighting -  just know that despite the piling on going on by a few, it's very clear to the rest of us that it's not you. 

And just in case that's not enough, don't forget the the police, medical personnel, social workers, and court officials that documented your case as a child  (evidence which not everyone has, despite telling the truth.)

 

Lastly, I understand if you never want a relationship with your mother again - but also, trust me when I say ever she DOES receive treatment? 

Though it's unlikely she will accept treatment at this stage - and even if she does, it's unlikely she will fully own her mental illness diagnosis, admit what she's done, or maybe even remember any of it - what I CAN tell you from personal experience is what WILL happen is that  if that DOES happen and she sticks with it, you WILL see the best parts of your mother again that's been hiding under all of that other crap.  😊 

And in the sad event that she never does, the only thing I can advise is to forgive her anyway, because it frees you from the pain - as well as keeps you from ending up just LIKE her. 

Have empathy and pity her mental illness, while still keeping yourself safe FROM it. 

 

You do whatever you need to do to stay healthy and keep your sanity and internal peace, stay or leave the toxicity behind again - no judgment here, either way.

I wish you the very best, 

 

 

In fact, as a result, our Republican Senate candidate, Ralph Alvarado - until this past week, a staunch MAGA Republican - has now distanced himself from Trump. 

Also, MAGA -