Vice President JD Vance’s decision to extend his fight against Medicaid fraud beyond Democratic states to his red home state of Ohio has set off a scramble among the state’s Republicans — including his close ally Vivek Ramaswamy, the party’s nominee for governor.

Mike DeWine uses his twice-weekly bully pulpit to detail Ohio's fight against the coronavirus, the Republican chief executive has also continued his so-far unsuccessful crusade against gun violence. As far as the governor's gun violence message, “he's done it on different days each week,” Tierney said. So far, Republican leaders remain cool to DeWine's pleas. A key element of the governor's “STRONG Ohio” proposal is boosting penalties for felons committing new crimes with guns. Obhof also said boosting law enforcement efforts can help address gun violence.