Ohio family decries use of photo in Republican Senate ad
The family says the ad uses their grief without consent and misrepresents a fatal crash to attack Sherrod Brown.
- Relatives of the Soposki family demanded the National Republican Senatorial Committee remove a campaign ad featuring their deceased loved ones, stating they never consented to use of their images in political messaging attacking Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown.
- The 15-second 'Dangerous for Ohio' ad attributes the April I-71 crash that killed Lynnea Soposki, Luke Soposki, and one-year-old Logan Soposki to Brown's past immigration policies, claiming he opened borders to "dangerous illegals."
- After receiving no response from Senator Jon Husted's campaign, Jesse Mallen, brother of Lynnea Soposki, went public on Tuesday with the family's plea, sharing their request across social media to pressure removal.
- Despite claims the ad finished its broadcast cycle, it remains on YouTube with more than 5.6 million views, prompting the family to declare, "Our grief is not raw material for a campaign."
- FactCheck.org identified "weak ties" between Brown and the crash, noting driver Modou Ngom immigrated in the 1990s, long before the policies the ad criticizes; Ngom faces unrelated criminal charges.
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tiffinohio.netFamily asks National Republican Senatorial Committee to remove pro-Husted ad showing deadly crash
The U.S. Capitol on the evening of Sept. 30, 2025. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)The loved ones of a deceased family at the center of an Ohio U.S. Senate race ad being run by the National Republican Senatorial Committee in favor of Ohio Republican U.S. Sen. Jon Husted are asking for it to be taken down. Lynnea Soposki, Luke Soposki, and their one-year-old son Logan Soposki died in a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 71 in Delaware Cou…
'Classless' GOP senator walloped by grieving family over 'raw material' in attack ad
Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) is facing outrage after he used a family's tragedy to try to score political points with an attack ad.According to reporting by The New York Times, Husted tried to attack his Democratic opponent, Sherrod Brown, with an ad that framed a fatal car crash, just outside Columbus, Ohio, as the result of immigration policies. Now, relatives of Lynnea, Luke, and Logan Soposki, the family who died in the April crash, are angered by…
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