Ohio legislators start movement to impeach Governor Mike DeWine

Ohio State Representative John Becker has just filed 12 different Articles of Impeachment against Ohio Governor Mike DeWine.

Becker has been joined by his colleagues, Representatives Candice Keller, Nino Vitale, and Paul Zeltwanger in calling for action against the Ohio Governor for what they are calling "abuse of power".

Becker's office announced in a press release:

"Governor DeWine’s mismanagement, malfeasance, misfeasance, abuse of power, and other crimes include, but are not limited to, meddling in the conduct of a presidential primary election, arbitrarily closing and placing curfews on certain businesses, while allowing other businesses to remain open. He weaponized the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation to bully and harass businesses and the people; to enforce a statewide mask mandate and other controversial measures of dubious “value,” making Ohio a hostile work environment."

"Additionally, Governor DeWine had the further audacity to include congregants at places of worship, forcing citizens to choose between worshiping their God and worshiping at the alter [sic] of unbridled government. Many Ohioans find the controversial mask mandate offensive, degrading, humiliating, and insulting,"

"Rather than hearing the cries of Ohioans, Governor DeWine continues to stifle those cries by finding more inventive ways to use masks to muffle the voices of the people. He continues to have callous disregard for the fact that his isolation policies have led to a shockingly high number of suicides, alarming rates of drug abuse, persistently high unemployment, and the forced abandonment of the elderly by their loved ones."

Also in the statement is the mention of DeWine's "meddling" in the presidential primary.

This move to impeach the governor parallels similar happenings in the next-door state of Michigan, where lawmakers are acting against their governor, Gretchen Whitmer.

The move to impeach DeWine will have to pass by a majority in the Ohio State House, and will then have to pass the Senate with a two-thirds majority vote in order to be successful.