IMO, Gateway Pundit has been less than reliable as a source for many years - sometimes correct, often overstating or selective with facts, sometime just incorrect.
In this case, the truth of what happened is less than the partisan media are claiming, and more than HoftLand is saying. The guy went through the crowd aggressively, pushing people aside - more than Hoft admits, less than the MSM claim.
Then there's DU-grade fantasies of "what really happened". They probably have people claiming she was struck or other such nonsense.
Agreed, and I only glance at that site on occasion because it is the conservative version of the Huffington Post.
However, here's a site I trust:
Amy Acton’s ‘Assassination Attempt’ Narrative Is Falling ApartYou may have heard about the alleged assassination attempt against Ohio Democrat gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton over the weekend.
"While attending the Canfield Fair, an armed individual lunged at Dr. Acton, injuring multiple people. Dr. Acton and Eric are grateful for the swift and decisive action of law enforcement and are praying for the recovery of those injured. This kind of violence has no place in Ohio. Dr. Acton will always stand up to the chaos, hate and vitriol that pits us against one another," said Addie Bullock, communications director for the Acton campaign.
There's just one problem. This story is a complete lie.
That statement is carefully worded to make you think Acton was standing in a gunman's crosshairs. She wasn't. Acton was never touched, never injured, and never threatened.
An armed man pushed through a crowd at the Canfield Fair on Sunday, knocking down two elderly fairgoers before deputies tackled him and placed him under arrest. Within hours, her campaign and a sympathetic press corps turned an arrest for disorderly conduct into an assassination attempt.
The campaign lied.
Yet, the New York Times, of all outlets, couldn't even back up the Acton campaign's version of events.
"An armed man was arrested Sunday after forcing his way through a crowd toward Dr. Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor, the authorities said," the paper reported. "Dr. Acton was giving a speech at the Mahoning County Democratic Party tent at a fair in Canfield, in the northeastern part of the state, when a man pushed through the crowd, knocking over two elderly audience members, according to the county sheriff, Jerry Greene, and two witnesses. The man did not draw his weapons, according to Sheriff Greene and the witnesses. Dr. Acton was not injured."
Had there been even a hint of evidence that this was an assassination attempt or some form of attack against a political candidate, you can bet law enforcement would have treated it as such. But, law enforcement officials made it quite clear there was no assassination attempt, and the suspect is facing misdemeanor assault charges.
https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2026/09/07/amy-actons-assassination-attempt-story-is-a-complete-lie-and-we-have-the-receipts-n4956975
