Ohio's Republican governor, Mike DeWine, faces a series of conflicts of interest on key issues in the state, including the Haitian migrant crisis that is affecting Springfield.
Governor DeWine recently pledged assistance to Springfield to assist with the influx of Haitian migrants. According to DeWine and his wife have had extensive ties to charities in Haiti over the years, he told Spectrum News.
Charity Founded In memory of his daughter, Becky DeWine, who was killed in a car accident, the DeWine Family Foundation awarded a $400,000 grant to an organization called Hands Together to fund schools in Haiti. According to on the Foundation’s 990 form filed in 2023.
Hands Together founded the Becky DeWine School in 1999 and dedicated it to the governor's late daughter, the group said. WebsiteDeWine's family Held a fundraising event He has worked for many years on behalf of Ohio's charities.
Governor DeWine has supported charitable efforts in Haiti for decades and knows the country and its people very well. pic.twitter.com/Qx1Dkc77um
— Milton Cromwell 🌲 (@DualMagneto) September 9, 2024
The governor recently voiced his support for temporary protected status. program Many Haitian immigrants were allowed into the United States.
“I want to be clear: I am not opposed to this program.” The governor said“I'm not opposed to the program,” he added. “We need a plan, and Ohio needs help from the federal government.”
Oh, look, Mr. CoronaVaccine and Mr. East Palestine Chemical Burner are ignoring the cries for help of Ohioans and pushing forward with the Deep State's open borders agenda.
He celebrates the influx of 20,000 Haitians into a small Ohio town.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine is a Republican pic.twitter.com/6TYf2iowIF
— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) September 15, 2024
His support for Haitian immigrants be criticized From some conservatives online.
Gov. Mike DeWine says Haitian immigrants are needed as “laborers.”
He is a Republican.
What on earth is going on? pic.twitter.com/z0r2GGPa1t— AvaArmstrong, 🇺🇸Author (@MsAvaArmstrong) September 12, 2024
DeWine and his wife, Fran, have longstanding ties to Haiti, having been frequent visitors to the country for more than two decades, ABC News 5 Cleveland reported. Reported.
“During his time as a U.S. senator from 1995 to 2007, DeWine kept Haiti on the political agenda,” YS News reported. Reported The media also reported that DeWine believes “the United States has an interest in promoting stability in Haiti.”
I don't recall anyone talking about the DeWine family's longstanding relationship with charities in Haiti, but what about you? Mike's family runs 34 schools in the slums of Haiti? That's very kind, Governor.
Thanks for mentioning it, News Hour pic.twitter.com/m4OnMfB5Lh
— CowLivesMatter (@ProtesterLone) September 12, 2024
This is not the first time that Governor DeWine has faced a personal concern that falls within his gubernatorial powers.
DeWine's office Scrutiny Last year, when a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, contaminating the town with dangerous chemicals, the company donated $10,000 to Gov. Mike DeWine nearly a month before the derailment, an investigation by the outlet found.
According to the Columbus-based outlet, Norfolk Southern Railway has been donating to the governor's political fund since his first election in 2018. The investigation found that the company lobbied Ohio officials on a range of transportation issues, including persuading them to oppose a bill that would have tightened railroad safety regulations.
A spokesperson for Governor DeWine said campaign finances “did not play any role in the Governor's decision,” WYSX reported.
Governor DeWine has also received thousands of dollars in donations from donors who oppose the ban on sex-reassignment surgery for minors, The Daily Caller News Foundation (DCNF) previously reported. The Ohio Children's Hospital Association (OCHA) donated $10,000 to Mike DeWine and Jon Husted's transition fund in 2018 and another $10,000 in 2022.
He also received donations from Nationwide Children's Hospital, ProMedica Children's Hospital and Cincinnati Children's Hospital, organizations that support gender reassignment surgeries, according to the DCNF report.
Oh, look! The Ohio Children's Hospital Association gave $20,000 to DeWine.
How kind of him to reject a bill that would have cost millions of dollars to “gender-reassignment” children's hospitals. pic.twitter.com/SDbBl2bxHe
—ParkerThayer (@ParkerThayer) December 29, 2023
“We appreciate that Governor DeWine thoroughly investigated the issue of gender reassignment care and took a thoughtful approach in rejecting HB 68 today,” OCHA President Nick Rashutka said in a statement to the DCNF. “Gender reassignment care” is a euphemism for irreversible sex change surgery.
The governor vetoed HB68, a bill that would have banned gender reassignment for minors in 2023 and barred men from participating in girls' sports.
The bill isn't the only issue on which DeWine has aligned with the left. – The governor's critics also point out that he has supported admitting refugees to Ohio in the past.
DeWine previously told the Trump administration that Ohio would continue to accept refugees because former President Trump signed an executive order requiring refugees to only be resettled in locations where State Department officials have agreed to resettle them. According to In the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mike DeWine wanted to attract big business to our state, so he did so by promising to import thousands of cheap workers at the expense of our own citizens suffering from opioid addiction. He is a perfect example of why voters rejected conservative, corporatist Republicans…
— Joel Berry (@JoelWBerry) September 16, 2024
In just a few years, the city of Springfield, with a population of about 60,000, was overwhelmed by 20,000 Haitian immigrants.
