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California has been overtaken by liberals who have taxed and over-regulated the state, said Dave Johnson, chair of the Columbiana County GOP.
An Ohio county chairman for the Republican Party provoked outrage after posting a Facebook message declaring that the fires devastating parts of California are Gods punishment for the liberal state.
David Johnson, chairman of the Columbiana County GOP, posted images of the inferno Sunday with the message: Gods Punishment to Liberal California. Another message superimposed over a photo read: Hell on Earth, brought to you by the liberals in California.
After some Facebook comments urged boycotting Johnsons businesses, he took down his post, but doubled down on the message in a statement to WFMJ-TV.
California has been overtaken by liberals who have taxed and over-regulated the state, he said. There are changes that could have been made which would have helped prevent the deadly fires had there been proper management of forests, but the timber industry is not allowed.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ohio-gop-leader-california-fires-gods-punishment_us_5bf36356e4b0d9e7283c5f06
JonLP24
(29,322 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,827 posts)On the white pages. Perhaps it's easier to see with a black light!
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)someone jealous of the California economy. Petty, overblown verbal attacks is all they have left in their quiver.
I would have to check stats on this: why do so many people dream of or make a move to California?
RockRaven
(14,886 posts)I thought his God was omnipotent and omniscient. The results seem more like impotent and incontinent.
packman
(16,296 posts)After all, didn't he smite Florida with a hurricane - and all those Red Southern states with stupidity?
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)was in a red part of the state
DontBooVote
(901 posts)...red parts of California.
RockRaven
(14,886 posts)was in a red congressional district and the other was in a blue district.
If one wants to look at all the wildfires in CA, they also trend to red areas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_California_wildfires
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_California_wildfires
Of course nothing is absolute.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)as the Ohio GOP chair made. It's distresses me, makes me very very sad that there are such mean-spirited and thoughtless people.
Arkansas Granny
(31,505 posts)on liberals, LGBT, non-believers . . . .
appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)hatrack
(59,566 posts)The median income for a household in the county was $34,226, and the median income for a family was $40,486. Males had a median income of $32,134 versus $20,331 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,655. About 9.00% of families and 11.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 16.20% of those under age 18 and 8.40% of those age 65 or over.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbiana_County,_Ohio
Oh, and population went from 113k in 1980 to 103k in 2017. Economic and demographic disasters are less conspicuous than climate-juiced deadly wildfires, and they take longer, but the results are similarly unpleasant for those involved.
struggle4progress
(118,214 posts)bringing you God's Official Opinion of California! And now stay tuned as the Official Voice of God in Michigan delivers God's Official Opinion of Ohio!"
borgesian
(52 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)The big metropolitan and education centers are the blue parts. Outside of that California is red. There just happen to be more Democrats than Republicans in the big cities