Political editor-in-chief knocks DeWine for 'cognitive dissonance' in gov's new editorial

The editor-in-chief for a conservative news and opinion site took to the social media site X to jab Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine over comments he wrote in The New York Times.

DeWine and his Republican comrades in the state have faced myriad of threats after former President Donald Trump and running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance's (R-OH), promoted a racist conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants are eating people's pets in Springfield, Ohio.

Vance acknowledged on CNN that he'll do what it takes to "create stories" like the one in Springfield to get people to pay attention.

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The Springfield city manager told Vance's staff that the rumor was false, but Vance repeated them anyway, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Now, the community and the state must pay for increased security for the city. Meanwhile, Trump plans to hold an event in Springfield, further straining city resources.

But even as he laments the situation, DeWine said he still backs Trump and Vance.

"As a supporter of former President Donald Trump and Senator JD Vance, I am saddened by how they and others continue to repeat claims that lack evidence and disparage the legal migrants living in Springfield. This rhetoric hurts the ciy and its people, and it hurts those who have spent their lives there," said the GOP governor.

"Can you spot the cognitive dissonance here?" Charlie Sykes, editor-in-chief of The Bulwark, asked his audience about DeWine's commentary.