Current Events > Country Chairman deletes image calling wildfire God's punishment for liberal CA

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https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/417555-gop-county-chairman-deletes-image-calling-wildfires-gods

An Ohio GOP county chairman has deleted a social media post that appeared to imply that the wildfires ravaging California were "God's punishment" for the "liberal" state.

Columbiana County Republican Party Chairman Dave Johnson told Cleveland.com on Monday that he posted the image to his Facebook page after reading an article about the fires. While he said that he believes Democrats have poorly managed California's forests, he added that he did not mean to insult anyone by sharing the image.

Look, thats a meme," Johnson told the news outlet. "And its how I feel about liberals, but did I mean that God is going to punish everyone who lives in California? No. Its a figure of speech, and I probably shouldnt have done it

"But I did, and it doesnt change how I feel about whats happened in California.

Cleveland.com notes that Johnson is a member of Ohio Republican Partys central committee and served as a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention.

His Facebook post, which features a blazing forest fire and the messages "God's Punishment to Liberal California" and "Hell on Earth, brought to you by Liberals in California," led to swift backlash

Wildfires in both northern and southern California have destroyed more than 10,000 homes and have ravaged the regions. At least 79 people had reportedly died as of Monday.

Mahoning County Democratic Party Chairman David Betras condemned the post. In a statement on the Mahoning County Democrats' Facebook page, Betras called on Johnson to resign and apologize to those impacted by the fires.

Johnson owes the victims, their families, and the heroes who fought the fire and participated in rescue efforts an apology, Betras wrote. In addition, I think his demented comments disqualify him from holding positions of public trust. He should, therefore, immediately resign from all the public positions he holds."

Opps phone auto corrected to country. Should read county.
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Hope he keels over
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This feels like a quainter form of lunacy, like a story from the Bush era
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Interesting seeing the GOP double down on the behavior that lost them the House
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Maybe we were a little bit too quick to ask these people to come up with more to say than just 'thoughts and prayers'. Their actual thoughts and prayers are pretty repugnant.
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These kinds of people honestly disgust and mystify me. They honestly believe that they can condense God's will & belief's to freaking red or blue party lines. How arrogant. Like is God a Republican now? And what about red states who face natural disasters? What about them? Are they "too liberal" too?

The thing is, he's not remotely alone. A LOT of conservative Christians believe this.
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Religion of peace

pres_madagascar posted...

The thing is, he's not remotely alone. A LOT of conservative Christians believe this.

It reminds of me of that opinion about us needing to put God back in school. He's freaking omnipotent and omnipresent.

How can we or should we "put" him anywhere?
Like is God waiting outside the school gates with this invisible force field of kids not praying blocking him?

Why do people use religion as an excuse to be assholes?

BigSLM1993 posted...

pres_madagascar posted...

The thing is, he's not remotely alone. A LOT of conservative Christians believe this.

It reminds of me of that opinion about us needing to put God back in school. He's freaking omnipotent and omnipresent.

How can we or should we "put" him anywhere?
Like is God waiting outside the school gates with this invisible force field of kids not praying blocking him?

A lot of Christians believe anything not honoring God is not right.
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Kinda hope his house burns down with himself, you know like Gods punishment for being such a prick.

Also the area burning is conservative, so he's also an idiot.
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It's just a meme, bro!
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More of that legendary right wing civility on display!
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Noirespanties posted...

Why do people use religion as an excuse to be assholes?

That's why they're religious to make themselves feel they're better than the non-religious.
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So Ohio is diving straight into being a red state huh?
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That guy makes figures of speech look bad tbh, and I would know because my username.
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Doom_Art posted...

Interesting seeing the democrats double down on the behavior that lost them the Senate, presidency, and supreme court

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