Cleveland Plain Dealer's Upset: Democrat's Claim of Assault Isn't Holding Up

Newsbusters ^ | September 13, 2026 | P.J. Gladnick

[PJ-Comix]

Was there a threat of political violence against Ohio Democrat gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton over the Labor Day weekend? Or was it much ado about nothing? Acton was speaking to Democrats in a tent in Mahoning County when a man moving toward Acton caused several senior citizens to fall down.

Acton’s campaign put out a statement “praying for the recovery of those injured” and argued “This kind of violence has no place in Ohio.”

What was initially hyped as a serious threat by many liberal sources was later downgraded to just a man "moving forward." The local district attorney has downgraded the charges to mere misdemeanor violations.

This lack of substantial charges against the person who allegedly attacked Amy Acton did not seem to sit well with the Cleveland Plain Dealer. In the first of their two articles about the attack that appears not to have happened, the Plain Dealer pretty much stuck to the facts in their online edition, Cleveland.Com, written by Lucas Daprile on Wednesday, "Prosecutor says suspect ‘never gets near’ Amy Acton at Canfield Fair."

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[PJ-Comix]

This was suspicious from the get-go and the prosecutor later confirmed this was a Nothing Burger much to the extreme annoyance of the Plain Dealer.

[jroehl]

Why would anybody read the “Plain Dealer” for other than the obituaries and crossword puzzle?

[PJ-Comix]

Why would anybody read the “Plain Dealer” for other than the obituaries and crossword puzzle?

FUN FACT: A five year old PJ who was living in Cleveland at the time learned to read before being taught in school by looking at the Plain Dealer comics section every day.

[gibsonguy]

So this wretched woman wanted to duplicate Butler. Win by whatever means necessary.

[anton]

I want to put a banner of a blood covered Acton with the logo” “SHE KILLED MY GRANDMA” in the front yard but my wife says no. She says the neighbors already think I’m too extreme.