Ohio

Ohiogal

(35,177 posts) Mon Aug 24, 2020, 08:52 AM Aug 2020

Conservative lawmakers want to impeach Gov. Mike DeWine over COVID-19 response

Oh ffs. Can Ohio’s gerrymandered repukes get any dumber.

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COLUMBUS - Some of Ohio’s most conservative lawmakers want to impeach Gov. Mike DeWine over how he’s handled the novel coronavirus.

Discontent brewing since DeWine ordered polls closed in March came to a head Monday morning. Several GOP lawmakers drafted articles of impeachment against DeWine, who is also a Republican.

But even Rep. John Becker, R-Union Township in Clermont County, who is championing the effort to oust DeWine, said DeWine’s detractors don’t have enough votes to remove the governor right now.

According to the Ohio Constitution, the Ohio House of Representatives has the sole power of impeachment. A majority of lawmakers there would need to support the effort for DeWine to be impeached.

Then, lawmakers in the Ohio Senate would preside over a trial. Two-thirds of the Senate would have to vote to convict the governor.

The chances of DeWine actually being removed are slim, but Ohio’s most conservative lawmakers are making a statement: They don’t like the way the governor is running the state.

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Conservative lawmakers want to impeach Gov. Mike DeWine over COVID-19 response (Original Post) Ohiogal Aug 2020 OP

Wow! That's stupid. Laelth Aug 2020 #1

Gerrymandering and the rise of white wing idiocy. Alliepoo Aug 2020 #6

So their beef is not enough people I dying I suppose? Thomas Hurt Aug 2020 #2

Can't make this stuff up . .. Iliyah Aug 2020 #3

These jerks have been after Dewine this entire time Alliepoo Aug 2020 #5

You are spot on, Alliepoo ladym55 Aug 2020 #10

And if Ohio can ever get rid of the ridiculous Alliepoo Aug 2020 #4

I am good with them shivving each other. irisblue Aug 2020 #7

Watch Fox News, Listen to Rush, and get your social media info from Vlad Putin and this is what .... Botany Aug 2020 #8

Not from Dreampuff Aug 2020 #9

In answer to your initial statement ... ladym55 Aug 2020 #11

Laelth

(32,017 posts)

1. Wow! That's stupid.

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2020, 08:54 AM

Aug 2020

What happened to Ohio?

-Laelth

Alliepoo

(2,503 posts)

6. Gerrymandering and the rise of white wing idiocy.

Reply to Laelth (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 24, 2020, 09:10 AM

Aug 2020

That’s what has happened to Ohio. It sickens me.

Thomas Hurt

(13,929 posts)

2. So their beef is not enough people I dying I suppose?

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2020, 08:55 AM

Aug 2020

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

3. Can't make this stuff up . ..

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2020, 08:56 AM

Aug 2020

seriously?

Alliepoo

(2,503 posts)

5. These jerks have been after Dewine this entire time

Reply to Iliyah (Reply #3)

Mon Aug 24, 2020, 09:08 AM

Aug 2020

Working against everything good he’s tried to do in regard to covid. Don’t get me wrong-I’m not a fan of Dewine at all but I will give him props for his efforts. These asses are also a cause of Dr Amy stepping down. And I believe this faction is behind Dewine not making masks mandatory earlier on-he was walking a line between the health of Ohio and appeasing these jerks. They are stupid and vicious and they don’t give a flying freak about doing what’s best for all Ohioans, they are nasty tea party idiots in the same camp as Gym Jordan.

ladym55

(2,577 posts)

10. You are spot on, Alliepoo

Reply to Alliepoo (Reply #5)

Tue Aug 25, 2020, 03:43 PM

Aug 2020

All the ground that Ohio has lost since the spring, the resignation of Dr. Acton, the rush to open, the stupidity about wearing masks ---all connect to the right-wing numbnuts in the legislature. Apparently to be a Republican in Ohio one must be an absolute moron at all times.

I have lived in Ohio almost my entire adult life and have watched the state devolve into knuckle-dragging illiterates.

Alliepoo

(2,503 posts)

4. And if Ohio can ever get rid of the ridiculous

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2020, 08:58 AM

Aug 2020

Gerrymandering, we can show these assholes that we don’t like the way THEY are running the state. So freaking sick and tired of the hellhole that Ohio has become.

irisblue

(34,414 posts)

7. I am good with them shivving each other.

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2020, 09:30 AM

Aug 2020

Botany

(72,665 posts)

8. Watch Fox News, Listen to Rush, and get your social media info from Vlad Putin and this is what ....

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2020, 09:32 AM

Aug 2020

.... you get.

Link to tweet

Ohio has become home to some real crazy ass nut balls. "They" chased Amy Acton from her office.

Dreampuff

(778 posts)

9. Not from

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2020, 09:35 AM

Aug 2020

Anywhere near Ohio, but I have seen your governor on talk shows and he is one awesome guy. At least he has the brains to believe that coronavirus is real and he's well aware of the fact that there are repercussions for being sensible in the climate he is in.

ladym55

(2,577 posts)

11. In answer to your initial statement ...

Reply to Ohiogal (Original post)

Tue Aug 25, 2020, 03:44 PM

Aug 2020

Yes, Ohio's repukes can get dumber ... and they will. There is no bar too low.

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