Republican State Rep. Nino Vitale attended today's protest at the Ohio Statehouse and gave an interview w/polemicist Ohio Gun Owners group.
Vitale: gov't should not work to protect Ohioans' lives because death is "inevitable."
Vitale: gov't should not work to protect Ohioans' lives because death is "inevitable."
"I realize we have a health issue going on, but I respect your freedom to do what you want to do with that."
Completely ignores that virus is contagious and can affect OTHER people.
Completely ignores that virus is contagious and can affect OTHER people.
This is the letter from @NinoVit to @GovMikeDeWine they are referencing.
"No government can stop death, no matter how hard we try. Life comes with some level of risk ..."
"No government can stop death, no matter how hard we try. Life comes with some level of risk ..."
Reminder that Rep. Vitale said last week the @OHdeptofhealth was only "guessing" when it reports COVID-19 statistics:
The other guy in the 1st video is Chris Dorr, head of Ohio Gun Owners. I've watched videos of him outside DeWine's office calling him a loser; standing inside statehouse calling a sheriff a "jackass"; etc. His group openly battles with other mainstream Ohio gun organizations.
Dorr later encounters woman who says she "works for Candice Keller." Keller's a rep running for state senate who blamed the Dayton shooting on Obama/gay marriage.
Dorr takes delight in a sign calling the @OHdeptofhealth director "Abortion Amy"
This is the crowd @NinoVit joined.
Dorr takes delight in a sign calling the @OHdeptofhealth director "Abortion Amy"
This is the crowd @NinoVit joined.
As @JasonRRArkley points out, the "death is inevitable" Republican sponsored the "Ohio Life At Conception Act" in 2018. 
The longer it takes for people to receive unemployment benefits, the more
argument becomes = reopen economy so workers can make $.
Gov't was not equipped to handle unprecedented spike in benefit need. The slow system is undercutting the gov't message of shelter in play.
argument becomes = reopen economy so workers can make $.
Gov't was not equipped to handle unprecedented spike in benefit need. The slow system is undercutting the gov't message of shelter in play.
For further reading, here's my thread from earlier today regarding the anti-gov't protesters and the response thus far from Ohio leaders:
For the record, Vitale won with 73% of the vote in 2018 and is running unopposed this year for a 4th term in the Ohio House of Representatives.
To give a sense of the group State Rep. @NinoVit chatted with at the COVID protest...
Group shares an article with a headline clearly mentioning the year 2019; uses those deaths from last year to complain about...gangs not following 2020 social distancing??
Group shares an article with a headline clearly mentioning the year 2019; uses those deaths from last year to complain about...gangs not following 2020 social distancing??
Here's Ohio Gun Owners leader Chris Dorr saying he hopes the @OHdeptofhealth director gets "crucified" in court
And here's Republican State Reps. Candice Keller & Tom Brinkman liking the post
And here's Republican State Reps. Candice Keller & Tom Brinkman liking the post
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Rep. Vitale is back at it again today. Follow here:
