In an interview with Jen Psaki on MS NOW, Dr. Amy Acton says she was removed from her mother's custody at 12 after years of abuse and neglect. She says the ad put makeup on her mother and put words in her mouth that "our opponent" has used on the trail for months, and calls it exploitative and unacceptable.
The receipt
- Who
- Dr. Amy Acton
- Where
- interview - MS NOW with Jen Psaki
- Original footage
- MS NOW · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 60 seconds, unedited within the cut
- Plays
- 116 on Instagram
Read the transcript
You know, my mother is not well. I was removed from our custody when I was 12 years old, and my brother was nine, and it wasn't just the stepfather. We had experienced abuse and neglect for years and years on end, and many run -ins and many things, and in this I'm learning things I didn't know as a child, and I'm learning what's happened since. It was so clear to me, the very first viewing of this ad, that she is not well. And I think this was exploitative. I think it's clear that she's not well. That is coming out and stories we're hearing. But they went on to put makeup on her and put words in her mouth that we've heard our opponent using for months on the trail. So this is this is unacceptable and I do hope she is safe and well. I can't say enough. I I hope somebody finds her out there and and I hope you know the reporters and people don't exploit this situation. and it's, she's not well and she's old and that's not right.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.