Hey, Taxpayers! VAX-A-Million Winners Announced!

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First Winners of Ohio's Vax-a-Million Covid-19 Vaccination Lottery Revealed






Ohio Governor Mike DeWine - “Republican”



(CNN)One lucky winner of Ohio's Vax-a-Million lottery, which aims to boost the state's coronavirus vaccination rate, scored $1 million dollars -- and another has claimed a full college scholarship.

Both were pretty much in a state of shock when they got the good news.


https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/27/us/oh...-19/index.html

[AngryCanadian]

This sounds like a blackmail.. I highly doubt the govt would give the family 1 million fully.

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Mike DeWine On the Record


COLUMBUS -- More than 2 million Ohioans voted against Republican Mike DeWine as governor in the 2018 election.

How things change. Eighteen months later, DeWine now finds himself with a higher approval rating among Democrats than among voters in his own party.

The poll involved 1,139 self-identified registered voters surveyed by landlines and cell phones between June 18-22. Here are some key takeaways.

DeWine viewed favorably among Ohio voters.

DeWine continues to enjoy high approval ratings owing to his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. In total, three-fourths of Ohio voters say they approve of the job DeWine is doing as governor.

That includes an 81% approval rating among Democrats, compared to 76% among Republicans and 74% among independents.

https://www.richlandsource.com/news/...b3782808c.html


Gun Control

In 2004, DeWine co-sponsored an amendment to renew the Federal Assault Weapons Ban. He has repeatedly received an "F" rating from the National Rifle Association. He was endorsed by the National Rifle Association for Governor. He was one of only two Republican Senators to vote against the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, which banned lawsuits against gun manufacturers, distributors and dealers for criminal misuse of their products. In the 2006 election cycle, DeWine was the first senatorial candidate to be endorsed by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and displayed that endorsement on his campaign webpage. In 2019, Governor DeWine proposed a Red Flag Law for Ohio that would allow courts to take a gun from a person if they are seen as a threat to others or themselves.

On August 6, DeWine proposed to allow judges to confiscate firearms from those deemed potentially dangerous and to provide those individuals with mental health treatment while maintaining their due process rights. Other notable aspects of DeWine's plan include: expanded background checks before purchasing a firearm, increased access to psychiatric and behavioral health services, and increased penalties for illegally possessing firearms.


Plastic Bags

In December 2019, he expressed his support for Ohio allowing cities to ban plastic bags, opposing two bills in the state legislature that would have forbidden it being pushed by fellow Republicans.


Marijuana

In 2019 DeWine stated: "it would really be a mistake for Ohio, by legislation, to say that marijuana for adults is just OK." In February 2020, NORML, a group advocating the legalization of marijuana, gave DeWine an "F" rating in relation to his policies.


2012 Endorsement

In the 2012 Republican presidential primary, DeWine endorsed Tim Pawlenty, then endorsed Mitt Romney after Pawlenty dropped out of the race. On February 17, 2012, DeWine announced he was retracting his endorsement of Mitt Romney and endorsed Rick Santorum (Coincidentally, both DeWine and Santorum were elected Senators in 1994, re-elected in 2000, and lost re-election in 2006). DeWine said, "To be elected president, you have to do more than tear down your opponents. You have to give the American people a reason to vote for you, a reason to hope, a reason to believe that under your leadership, America will be better. Rick Santorum has done that. Sadly, Governor Romney has not."


Pandemic

The Hill said he'd "been one of the most aggressive governors in responding to the pandemic". He has supported funding for COVID-19, signing his support of a funding bill along with 37 other governors in March 2020. On March 11, 2020, DeWine issued an order limiting visitors to Ohio assisted living facilities and nursing homes, limiting visitors to one per day per resident, with all visitors to be screened for illness. Also on March 11, 2020, he announced he was drafting legislation to limit mass gatherings in the state. Gov. DeWine barred spectators from sporting events; was first in the US to shut down schools throughout his state; and, on the night before it was to take place, postponed Ohio's primary election. He directed the Ohio Department of Health to order the closing of the state's more than 22,000 food service locations and bars, except for carry-out. This was one of the earliest state closures of restaurants in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and drew disapproval from many high-level state Republicans.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_DeWine


Vaccine Stock

The Star asked:

Governor, from a viewer, a two-part question regarding your potential ties to drug makers:

First, do you own stock in Pfizer and Moderna – and did these companies contribute to your campaign pre, and post, gubernatorial fund?

DeWine’s response:

The answer is I don’t know if we own any stock in either company but we will find out very quickly and make that public. So, look – I don’t think there’s any conflict. I had nothing to do with the development but look I don’t know if Fran or I own any stock in those two companies or not. But we will make that public.

The Star obtained copies of Governor DeWine’s 2017, 2018 and 2019 Financial Disclosure Statements and found that he does, indeed, own common stock in Pfizer.

The governor also owns stock in GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Johnson & Johnson, Merck & Co., and Novartis. All of the companies are currently developing COVID vaccines or drugs.

The Ohio Secretary of State website (which you can search here) reports DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted received a $12,700 contribution from Pfizer PAC made to the DeWine Husted for Ohio fund June 14, 2018.

The secretary’s site also shows that the DeWine and Husted Transition Fund received a contribution from Pfizer Inc PAC on January 3, 2019 in the amount of $10,000.

https://theohiostar.com/2020/12/17/o...ny-since-2018/

[devil21]

Probably rigged. Besides, the kid looks like he's already had enough of Big Pharma's helpful vaccines already. Does he have to get to the point that he looks like Sloth from The Goonies before his parents wonder if maybe all of these shots are harming him??

This whole vaccine thing is starting to look so forced that it's ridiculous. When they have to dangle all manner of "free $#@!" to get someone to take a free injection of an experimental substance, $#@! ain't what it seems.