Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Sunday decried former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that Haitian immigrants in Springfield were eating dogs and other pets as “garbage” but stopped short of directly condemning Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, for spreading the false claims.
“There’s a lot of garbage on the internet. You know, this is a piece of garbage that was simply not true. There’s no evidence of this at all,” DeWine said in an interview on ABC’s “This Week” when he was asked whether it’s responsible for Trump to push the false claims.
Asked what he would say to Trump after he pointed out that there is no truth to his claims, DeWine condemned groups that have marched in Springfield as part of a hate campaign against Haitian immigrants and went on to praise Haitians as hard-working people who have brought “positive influences” to the town.
WHY?! Why the fuck would you not condemn a couple of deranged fascist weirdos for demonizing innocent people?
Other than maybe simultaneously cowardly and cynical election calculus, there’s literally no rational reason not to. Which means that there’s no good reason
Edit: oh, he’s a member of the cult himself. I confused him for one of the Dem governors of shithole states, I guess 🤷
Yep. He doesn’t give a shit. It’s just that the leopard is currently eating his (state’s constituent’s) face, so he has to go against the party narrative. That’s it.