This does not make sense - what would have been so unusual about LaRose and DeWine's offices having spoken to each other about an article which portrayed both of them jointly in a very negative light and wherein it was claimed they were working together on the subject matter of the article?
Coupled with the fact they do not draw the maps, this article's credibility is rather dubious. But time will tell and actions vs. accusations and denials will tell the tale. Watch the legislature.
I *think* I know what is going on here. There are two distinct possibilities.
1. The grifter approach. The clowns pushing this story plant this absurdity and get the moron class fired up. (We have a few of those mouth breathers here at FR who target the GOP far more than they do the Democrats). Then, when this never comes to fruition they will take credit and say “see we stopped this with our reporting! Send us mo money and give us mo klikz.”
2. It’s possible that the clowns pushing this story think they can use it as fodder to get the Ohio GOP to enact an extremely aggressive dummymander that might work in 2022, but would be open to big losses down the road when faced with a wave election. The 2010 Ohio plan was one of the best drawn in the nation and it held firm against the 2018 wave. The initial Texas plan was not very aggressive in terms of adding a lot of GOP seats, but instead looked to make every existing GOP seat super safe. The morons might be trying to get Ohio to be more aggressive ignoring the risks of a dummymander.