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TomCADem

(17,378 posts)
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 12:39 PM Jun 2020

Warren County GOP rebukes Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, says he 'overstepped his bounds'

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Source: Cincinnati

Gov. Mike DeWine's response to the coronavirus pandemic has made him one of the most popular governors in the country.

But not among many Warren County Republicans, a deeply red county President Donald Trump won with 66% of the vote.

Ohio's Republican governor "grossly mishandled" this year's primary election and has "not reacted appropriately" to the pandemic, the Warren County Republican Party stated in a resolution signed June 22.

The Warren County GOP, in the resolution, said the governor should open Ohio to "all commerce" and allow Ohioans "to make lawful decisions regarding their own wellbeing and safety."

Read more: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2020/06/26/coronavirus-warren-county-republicans-not-happy-mike-dewine/3263211001/



Mike DeWine and Larry Hogan have been unique among Republican Governors in taking a fairly outspoken stand in support of taking steps to limit the spread of COVID-19 and not trying to spread doubts about the science behind preventive measures, but it is interesting how even they get heat from the Republican base for not opening fast enough even as COVID-19's spread accelerates.
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Warren County GOP rebukes Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, says he 'overstepped his bounds' (Original Post) TomCADem Jun 2020 OP
I lived in Warren County for a couple of years. Laelth Jun 2020 #1
I attended Miami, years before you were there, elleng Jun 2020 #2
I was a graduate student in the English Department. Laelth Jun 2020 #3
'Rich kids' state university? elleng Jun 2020 #4
I lived in neighboring Clinton County for about nine months for a short-term job in my late 20s.... George II Jun 2020 #5
Freedom Riders Aerator Jun 2020 #6
OH MY, I didn't know that. ;-( elleng Jun 2020 #7
Locking. JudyM Jun 2020 #8

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
1. I lived in Warren County for a couple of years.
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 12:45 PM
Jun 2020

It features a beautiful, liberal college town (Oxford, home of Miami University of Ohio) in the middle of redneck hell. The county turned red while I was there (1992-94). I am proud to say that I voted against John Boehner (R) in that congressional district in 1994. He won and went on to become the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

-Laelth

elleng

(130,126 posts)
2. I attended Miami, years before you were there,
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 12:51 PM
Jun 2020

and at the time, Oxford was not a liberal college town, not at all. Known as 'mother of fraternities,' and students known for taking more showers than @ other colleges, I felt need to get outta there for junior year, so was first student to spend a year in Europe. (Yes, I'm that old!)

Laelth

(32,017 posts)
3. I was a graduate student in the English Department.
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 12:57 PM
Jun 2020

The congressional seat was blue when I got there, and it was red when I left. Seemed to me that the area was going through a transition from blue to red. Admittedly, I surrounded myself with people from the English Department, and that probably influenced my perception that Oxford was fairly liberal. I must also admit that my students were rather conservative, but I chalked that up to the fact that Miami of Ohio is a rather elite “rich kids’ school.”

-Laelth

elleng

(130,126 posts)
4. 'Rich kids' state university?
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 01:11 PM
Jun 2020

I surely didn't notice it at the time, but I was just beginning to notice things.

Re: English Department, familiar with these guys? Mr. White was a teacher of mine, and I remember Mr. Weigel.

file:///C:/Users/HamidAziz/Downloads/facmem_251.pdf

George II

(67,782 posts)
5. I lived in neighboring Clinton County for about nine months for a short-term job in my late 20s....
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 01:13 PM
Jun 2020

SW Ohio is major redneck country.

I moved back to NYC a few months before WKRP in Cincinnati debuted. That was a great satire of SW Ohio, too bad more viewers couldn't get some of the subtle jokes.

Aerator

(189 posts)
6. Freedom Riders
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 01:21 PM
Jun 2020

Oxford is where 800 Freedom Riders were trained on the grounds of Western College For Women now part of Miami University , Michael Schwerner ,James Chaney and Andrew Goodman were murdered in Mississippi shortly after leaving Oxford after their training.The movie Mississippi Burning was based on their story.

elleng

(130,126 posts)
7. OH MY, I didn't know that. ;-(
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 01:24 PM
Jun 2020

Only visited Western occasionally, for movies.

JudyM

(29,122 posts)
8. Locking.
Sun Jun 28, 2020, 01:44 PM
Jun 2020

This was published 2 days ago... LBN has a 12 hour limit.

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