A GOP lawmaker in Ohio blamed the weekend’s mass shooting in Dayton on a litany of issues in a Facebook post that is still live but not visible to everyone.
State Rep. Candice Keller, a representative of Middletown, which about 25 miles from Dayton, listed approximately a dozen reasons she believes are behind the shooting that took the lives of 9 people.
“The breakdown of the traditional American family (thank you, transgender, homosexual marriage, and drag queen advocates); fatherlessness, a subject no one discusses or believes is relevant; the ignoring of violent video games; the relaxing of laws against criminals (open borders); the acceptance of recreational marijuana; failed school policies (hello, parents who defend misbehaving students): disrespect to law enforcement (thank you, Obama),” the post began.
This is Ohio State Representative Candice Keller, a shining example of today’s @ohiogop.
She has a few opinions about mass shootings.
Let’s make her famous. pic.twitter.com/uUBowqUQWB
— Brett Pransky (@BrettPransky) August 5, 2019
It continued, “Hatred of our veterans (thank you, professional athletes who hate our flag and National Anthem); the Dem Congress, many members whom are openly anti-Semitic; the culture, which totally ignores the importance of God and the church (until they elect a President); state officeholders, who have no interest whatsoever in learning about our Constitution and the Second Amendment; and snowflakes, who can’t accept a duly-elected President.”
A number of Keller’s colleagues criticized her comments.
“Some want to politicize these events, and I cannot condone such comments and behavior,” Butler County Republican Party Chairman Todd Hall told the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones tweeted, “Shame shame shame Candice Keller.”
Shame shame shame Candice Keller.
— Richard K. Jones (@butlersheriff) August 5, 2019
