Posted on 09/13/2026 7:25:44 AM PDT by 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."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
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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.
So this wretched woman wanted to duplicate Butler. Win by whatever means necessary.
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.
I'm so sorry for your tragic loss. May you somehow find peace.
I read the Encyclopedia Britannica A to Z by the time I was 15. It was not very economically beneficial.
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