A Republican governor in a state that voted to elect President Donald Trump is facing intense backlash online after an interview arguing against the president's order to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) migrants from the United States.Republican Gov.Mike DeWine's state is home to an estimated 30,000 Haitian TPS holders.
He told CBS earlier this week that the Haitians shouldn't be sent back to their country of origin."Haiti is hell today.So you'd be sending people … back to hell," he said.
"Very few of these Haitians will voluntarily go back to Haiti.If they have to leave, they'll go someplace else.
They want to work.They want to support their family.
They don't want to go back to Haiti."Ohio Gov Mike DeWine (Fox News Digital)BLUE STATE LEADERS ERUPT AFTER SUPREME COURT’S DECISION ENDING TPS PROTECTIONS FOR HAITIANS, SYRIANSOnline detractors quickly seized on DeWine's comments, mostly from users claiming that those responsible for Haiti's conditions are the ones that the governor wants to allow to stay in the United States."What makes Haiti hellish? Is it…the Haitians?" asked Sean Davis, co-founder of The Federalist, in response to CBS' story about the interview posted on X."Hey governor, what is it that makes Haiti so bad anyway?" The Blaze's Logan Hall asked."I think the real question here is, if Haiti is hell, why are we importing Haitians?" questioned internet personality Larry Sanger.President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Friday, July 24, 2026.The Trump administration is seeking wider deployment of both large, conventional reactors and smaller ones alike after a series of executive orders by the president, who sees nuclear reactors as a key source of power for data centers and economic growth.
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