David Pepper

@davidpepperoh.bsky.social

Jack and Charlie’s dad, Alana’s husband. Cincy native. Running for Lieutenant Governor alongside @amyactonoh to fight for Ohioans and lower costs.

Vivek Ramaswamy is completely oblivious to what hardworking Ohioans need from their governor. In fact, when they ask for help, he calls them "whiners." He'd be the worst governor Ohio has ever seen.

Ramaswamy keeps justifying defunding schools by telling Ohioans that Ohio schools don’t have standards. It’s a bald-faced lie. There are pages and pages of standards. For every subject at every grade level. 1/

Vivek Ramaswamy has spent years saying he wants to close Ohio colleges. Now he’s trying to backtrack and rewrite history. Every Ohio student deserves the opportunity to earn a quality education without having to leave their community or take on debilitating debt.

People ask me this all the time, and it’s the right question. Why would billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy, who has never done any public service (except DOGE, from which he was fired), moved his business and jobs to Texas, declares that Ohio isn’t the best state, 1/

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The craziest thing about Vivek Ramaswamy is that he’s trying to win a state where he constantly disrespects its people and way of life. Moves his business and its jobs from Ohio to Texas. Calls us lazy and mediocre. 1/

Was so moved in Toledo this week listening to this incredible group of brave young folks—members of the Youth Advisory Board for homeless youth advocating for solutions from government at all levels. True courage.

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Nothing I love more than traveling around Ohio and meeting the folks to help fuel our movement. Thank you to everyone from Defiance, Wood, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Putnam and Hancock counties who came out to show your support.

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TOSS UP Cook Political Report: “Ohio Republicans we talked to are not optimistic about Ramaswamy and believe it’s a very tight race. “This was the wrong guy to roll the dice with in this political environment,” one GOP source told us.” Of course, Ramaswamy’s jetting across Europe as this hits.

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The Acton-Pepper campaign and Vivek Ramaswamy are both at Versailles today. Except we’re in Darke County, and he ditched 4th of July weekend in Ohio to hop on his private jet and spend it in France instead. We are not the same.

Ramaswamy again called out for false COVID attacks. He was for mandatory testing, shelter in place, and segregating Ohioans until they took and passed a mandatory COVID test. His company made over $2B off of the vaccine. And now he's lying about it all.