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Governor Mike DeWine (R-OH) SAID Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that he will support the Republican nomination when asked about endorsing former President Donald Trump. Anchor Dana Bash said, “We saw that the former president earned enough delegates to clinch the Republican nomination this past week, you have not endorsed him yet. Will you?”

The Ohio Senate voted Wednesday to override Republican Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of a bill that would prohibit doctors from performing sex-change medical procedures on minors. The state’s House of Representatives voted 65 to 28 on Jan. 10 to override the governor’s veto of the bill, which would bar doctors from performing transgender surgeries or prescribing cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers to minors. State senators voted 23 to 9, largely among party lines, to pass the legislation. “The Governor does not have [a] new comment today. His previous comments on the bill and his veto reflect his position on the...

On Friday, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who claims to be a Republican, signed an executive order banning transgender surgeries for children under the age of 18 at any Ohio hospital or ambulatory facility. That's good, right? Wrong. The order comes a week after the governor vetoed sub-HB 68, a bill that not only would have banned transgender surgeries on children, but also would have outlawed chemical castration, puberty blockers, and men participating in women's sports. It also included a provision that would allow recourse for women harmed by men participating in their sports. When he vetoed the SAFE Act, DeWine...

Gov. Mike DeWine signed an executive order on Friday that bans Ohio hospitals and surgical facilities from performing gender transition surgery on transgender minors. The move came one week after DeWine vetoed legislation that would have prevented doctors from prescribing hormones, puberty blockers or surgery before patients turn 18. House Bill 68 also would have prohibited transgender girls and women from playing on female sports teams in high school and college. “There’s a broad, broad consensus against surgeries for minors, so let’s put that into a law so we can move on and talk about other things," he said during...

Ohio’s Republican governor, Mike DeWine, signed an “emergency” executive order Friday banning transgender surgeries for minors, one week after he vetoed a bill that would have had a similar effect. The bill would also have banned cross-sex hormones and so-called puberty blockers for children, measures DeWine’s executive order apparently omits. The bill would also have addressed fairness in women’s sports, an issue DeWine’s order also does not address. DeWine vetoed House Bill 68, the Enact Ohio Saving Adolescents from Experimentation Act, last week. The bill would bar physicians from performing gender-reassignment surgery on a minor and from prescribing cross-sex hormones...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) said he vetoed legislation protecting children from transgender procedures because of personal appeals from families, rather than lessons learned from science-based research. “Parents many times look me in the eye and said, ‘Governor, my child would not be alive today. They would have taken their life but for the ability to participate in this program,'” DeWine told Eyewitness News on Wednesday. “For me that was very telling,” the Ohio governor said, after vetoing the bill to protect kids from commercial pressure to accept irreversible and experimental transgender-related hormones and surgeries.

Former President Trump went after Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) for vetoing a proposed ban on gender-affirming health care for transgender minors Saturday. “DeWine has fallen to the Radical Left,” Trump said in a Truth Social post. “No wonder he gets loudly booed in Ohio every time I introduce him at Rallies, but I won’t be introducing him any more. I’m finished with this ‘stiff.’ What was he thinking. The bill would have stopped child mutilation, and prevented men from playing in women’s sports. Legislature will hopefully overturn. Do it FAST!!!” The bill, House Bill 68, also had the aim...

Earlier this week, Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine vetoed legislation that would prevent gender transitioning procedures for minors as well as ban biological males from girls' sports teams. The state legislature has the votes to override the veto, but the mainstream media was quick to pick up on DeWine vetoing the "anti-trans" legislation: BREAKING: Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, has vetoed a bill that would have banned transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming care and prevented transgender girls from taking part in girls' and women's sports. pic.twitter.com/1qIp3PzOXv — ABC News (@ABC) December 29, 2023 Pedro L. Gonzalez posted a lengthy...

Conservatives online torched Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, over his veto of a state bill to protect women's sports. The bill, the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, passed the GOP-controlled state legislature but was vetoed by DeWine on Friday. The SAFE Act would have barred sex change treatments for minors while blocking transgender women and girls from participating in female sports leagues in Ohio.

@WashTimes “House Republicans have the necessary votes to override in the House,” said GOP state Rep. Derek Merrin on X.

Republican Gov. Mike DeWine of Ohio issued a veto of a bill Friday that would ban doctors from performing sex-change medical procedures on minors and bar biological males from competing in women’s sports.The bill was introduced by Republican state Rep. Gary Click in February and overwhelmingly approved by the Ohio House of Representatives and the state Senate earlier this month. DeWine went on at length during a press conference about his discussions with families who claimed that their children would be dead without “gender-affirming care,” and just hours before the deadline, the governor said that he had vetoed the bill....

Ohio’s governor vetoed a bill Friday that would have restricted both transition-related care for minors and transgender girls’ participation on school sports teams. Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto makes him one of only two Republican governors to veto a restriction on gender-affirming care, alongside Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson in 2021, and one of only three Republican governors to veto a trans athlete bill after Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb last year. In a press conference on Friday following his veto, DeWine said the “gut-wrenching” decision about whether a minor should have access to gender-affirming care “should not...

A transgender 10-year-old girl in Ohio has described her concern at her state's bid to block access to gender-affirming care for minors. On Friday, Ohio's governor, Mike DeWine, a Republican, will announce his decision on whether to ban the treatments. DeWine had 10 days to make a decision on the bill, House Bill 68, that was approved by the Ohio House and Senate earlier this month. Astrid Burkle told ABC News, in an interview with her family, that she was angry at the 'mean' people who sought to prevent the treatments. Her mother, Alicia Burkle, said that while her daughter...

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has a bill on his desk that would protect children in the state from dangerous medical interventions in service to sex changes. The bill would stop the practice of doctors medically stopping puberty with puberty blockers, prescribing cross-sex hormones, and encouraging children who allegedly believe they were born in the wrong body from attempting to medically alter their bodies to that they appear more like the opposite sex. It would also protect women's sports from incursion by male athletes. DeWine has not signed it, and has until December 29 to do so. As of an interview...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) told reporters Wednesday that he is undecided on whether or not he will sign House Bill 68, which bans certain transgender procedures and prohibits male athletes who identify as female from competing in girls’ and women’s sports. “While this does not affect a large number of Ohioans, it does affect a number of children in our state. We need to get it right. For me, getting it right means finding out as much as I can,” DeWine said of House Bill 68, according to a report by 10 WBNS.

In 2020, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) decided to grant early release to 1700 convicts because of the covid pandemic. Within a year of being released 70% of these former prisoners committed at least one crime. Fifty percent of these crimes were felonies. Nevertheless, Beshear says "the early release was fairly successful at getting people back in society and making sure they are healthy. That 30% of those released have not committed any new crimes that we are aware of is very encouraging. In baseball, a 30% success rate for a batter is considered an excellent, all-star caliber performance. I'm...

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) is warning against a radical abortion measure on the ballot in the state as Ohioans begin early voting for an election on November 7. An Ohio pro-life, pro-parent group called Protect Women Ohio released an ad on Wednesday featuring DeWine and first lady Fran DeWine, in which they describe how the ballot initiative, called Issue 1, goes “too far” for Ohioans who identify as pro-life and pro-choice alike.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Gov. Mike DeWine tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. According to a release from the governor's office, DeWine was experiencing mild cold symptoms on Monday. DeWine believed it was just a head cold, so he continued his work day on Tuesday but his symptoms worsened. His doctor advised he take a COVID test, which came back positive. The governor reportedly had a 101-degree fever at the time of taking the test around 5:30 p.m. He is resting at home at this time, according to the release. DeWine's positive test comes just hours after he and Columbus Mayor...

Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine called on President Biden to travel to the village still reeling from a train derailment that spewed toxic chemicals across the area last month, saying, “The people want to see the president.” DeWine appeared on “Fox & Friends” Thursday after visiting East Palestine a day earlier, and was asked whether he was “offended” that Biden had yet to visit the scene of the Feb. 3 derailment of the Norfolk Southern train. “Look, he should come,” DeWine responded. “There is no doubt about it. The president needs to come. The people want to see the president....

This is genius from Rand Paul. PUUUUURE genius. The good senator from Kentucky has come up with a way to get Biden to support his own country. Granted, we will need to get a better mask for Dewine but the idea is solid. Hey, this might actually work. Then again, it is Biden we’re talking about, this image could well be enough for him to believe he’s helping his pal Zelenskyy: I mean, it’s worth a shot pic.twitter.com/NSsxc8bO8t — Rand Paul (@RandPaul) February 17, 2023 As Rand says, it’s worth a shot. *snort* Cut the screeching: Liar! Dewine turned down...