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5 min readThe most destructive political ad Dan Bongino says he has ever seen is a 60-second spot in which a mother tells viewers not to vote for her own daughter, Amy Acton, a Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio. The mother, who says she worked building one of the first sexual abuse programs in America, calls her daughter a liar who has lied her entire life, including about growing up in a tent. "People can change, but first they have to tell the truth, and my daughter still isn't doing that," she says. Bongino plays the ad multiple times, marveling at its destructiveness, before using it as a launching point for a broader argument about political narratives, demoralization operations, and what he sees as coordinated efforts to make conservative voters believe the Trump administration has betrayed them.
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- 1 (00:35) **The Most Destructive Political Ad** - Bongino introduces a political ad so insane it proves his axiom about the most damaging political narratives.
- 2 (00:51) **The Core Axiom Explained** - Bongino explains why a family member's attack is uniquely damaging, linking it to a "demoralization op" against the Trump administration.
- 3 (06:35) **The Ad: Amy Acton's Mother** - Bongino plays the actual ad, featuring a mother telling voters her daughter, a gubernatorial candidate, is a liar.
- 4 (09:21) **The Serious Lesson: A Double-Edged Sword** - Bongino pivots from the joke to the strategic lesson, explaining how this tactic is used both offensively and defensively.
- 5 (10:03) **The "Demoralization Op" in Action** - Bongino explains how the tactic of moving goalposts is used to create a false narrative of inaction against the Trump administration.
- 6 (12:03) **Chris Cuomo and the Epstein Files** - Bongino uses a personal attack from Chris Cuomo as a case study of the "demoralization op" being used against him.
- 7 (17:46) **The "Doomer Class" and Polling Data** - Bongino argues the "demoralization op" is being run by a "Doomer class" to suppress turnout, but polling shows it's failing.
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In this episode, I'll cover the Democrat candidate whose own mother is begging voters not to elect her, and what she knows that the rest of us don't.
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