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Ohio Republicans Need to Grow a Spine
Townhall ^ | Oct 31, 2025 | Matt Sharpsteen

Posted on 10/31/2025 7:44:08 AM PDT by fwdude

Republicans in Columbus had one job: draw a congressional map that reflects the voters who elected them.

When President Trump called on GOP-led states to fight as hard as Democrats do in redistricting, Ohio was supposed to be part of that charge. Instead, it answered his call with surrender, handing Democrats a "compromise" map they didn't even have to ask for.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Editorial; Government; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: assistantdemocrats; bloggers; cheaplaborexpress; clickbait; corruption; gerrymandering; gopestablishment; ohio; repubs; rinos; uniparty
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Has their ever been a more RINO state than Ohio? It always disgusts me what they manage to elect.
1 posted on 10/31/2025 7:44:08 AM PDT by fwdude
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Is the issue settled or can it be brought up again? DeWine probably has something to do with it. We could pick up 3 seats if the rino legislators were identified and voted out.

Democrats play to win.


2 posted on 10/31/2025 7:47:59 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: DIRTYSECRET

DeWine: the cave dweller.


3 posted on 10/31/2025 7:49:11 AM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left)
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To: fwdude

I would say Michigan has Ohio beat in the Rino awards.


4 posted on 10/31/2025 7:51:05 AM PDT by Bayard
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To: fwdude

You will find that cuck DeWine leading this surrender


5 posted on 10/31/2025 7:51:18 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: fwdude

South Carolina and Kentucky could give them a run.


6 posted on 10/31/2025 7:55:20 AM PDT by JZelle
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To: fwdude

I live in Ohio. It is and has always been a Deep State swing state by design. Most of our governors over the years have been in the top 5 in the US for receiving the most campaign money from out of state.


7 posted on 10/31/2025 7:59:52 AM PDT by suijuris
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“Has their ever been a more RINO state than Ohio? It always disgusts me what they manage to elect.”

Ohio is a purple state and it seems like we tend to elect RINOs to keep from feeling “extreme”. Look at DeWine, it would be hard to find a bigger RINO.


8 posted on 10/31/2025 8:02:44 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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To: fwdude; All

He’s a little turd


9 posted on 10/31/2025 8:07:58 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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"Ohio Republicans Need to Grow a Spine"

Or wait until medical science perfects testicular transplants.

10 posted on 10/31/2025 8:17:40 AM PDT by Carl Vehse (Make Austin Texas Again!)
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To: Carl Vehse

Whichever comes first.


11 posted on 10/31/2025 8:33:59 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: fwdude

How long will people delude themselves making excuses for rhinos? It’s not cowardice, they aren’t spineless. They’re simply on the other side. In many places libs know it’s easier to put on a flag pin and pretend to be Republican in order to get elected.
It works well and will continue until people quit pretending about their motives.


12 posted on 10/31/2025 8:34:16 AM PDT by Arkady
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To: suijuris

This time around the democraps are running Dr. Amy Acton (DeWhine’s Director of Public Health during COVID) for governor. She ordered polls closed for the 2020 presidential primary resulting in mail-in voting.


13 posted on 10/31/2025 8:35:20 AM PDT by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: fwdude
Has their ever been a more RINO state than Ohio?

Definitely a weird state politically. I was actually surprised we elected Vance as Senator. We tend to elect squishier types. I was so ticked at how DeWine handled Covid that I left the governor spot blank when he ran for reelection.

14 posted on 10/31/2025 8:44:50 AM PDT by Bruce Campbells Chin (L)
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To: fwdude

Need to wait until “DeWine” is replaced by a GOP Governor with gonads!


15 posted on 10/31/2025 8:45:00 AM PDT by CardeadInKy ("The problem with Liberalism is that eventually you run out of other people's money" -Marg Thatcher)
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To: fwdude

The Postman and his minions are still running OH.
Same problem in AZ with McCain Crime Family running AZ


16 posted on 10/31/2025 8:56:16 AM PDT by Zathras
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They are afraid of what happens to them after the Big Guy is gone. Their Democrat frenemies may be in charge and they will have to suffer the continued opprobrium of the chattering classes. IOW, they are not even close to being “all in”. It’s just a job to them.


17 posted on 10/31/2025 9:00:21 AM PDT by Strident (<Null_Table> . . . )
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To: fwdude

Chocolate eclairs have no spine.

Snakes like schumer do though but very flexible.


18 posted on 10/31/2025 9:16:17 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: DIRTYSECRET

So do RINOs, if it’s a left-wing cause; they play to win anything that makes the left stronger.


19 posted on 10/31/2025 10:16:01 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is goings to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: brownsfan

Same as the state on your northern border, sometimes the RINOs are so bad people don’t even go to the polls...I am one of those on local politicians. When you can’t discern a difference between right and wrong there is no point in voting, the lesser of evils doesn’t work any more.


20 posted on 10/31/2025 10:19:16 AM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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