Governor Mike DeWine, Republican of Ohio, was the recipient of a great deal of praise for leading his state’s response to the pandemic. He was the latest Republican cited as one of The Good Ones. But, as we all have come to realize, if you wait long enough, Republicans gonna Republican and, as the Great Reopening has begun, and as the national government has surrendered to the virus, DeWine is reverting to the mean…and we do mean mean.

First, here’s the form with which Ohioans can nark on their friends who choose not to risk their lives by heading back to the widget plant in the middle of a pandemic when the governor and their bosses tell them to come in. If you don’t go back to your cubicle-shaped petri dish, and the guy from HR finks on you to the state, you lose your unemployment benefits. I was just saying the other day that what the American response to the pandemic was missing was just a little dab of East Germany.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Reminds Us That Without Fail, Republicans Gonna Republican

Republicans care ONLY about their own money and power. They ALWAYS revert to those values and priorities.  A handful of them may, on occasion, stop being deliberately cruel and destructive, but they will ALWAYS revert to that mean.

Some of these GOP governors were not complete asshats while the pandemic spread, but now we are seeing that they will toe the party and the Turmp line, no matter what, even if it means people suffer, go broke, lose their homes, or die.

There are no good Republicans. Republicans are cruel, selfish, greedy, fearful, children who are entirely devoid of empathy, compassion, and kindness.

(via wilwheaton)