Mike DeWine, the governor of Ohio, announces his intent for a 2024 run for president

Not in so many words, of course, but witness these headlines/stories from OH over the last couple of days -

From MSN -

Ohio governor signs budget that includes provision allowing medical providers to deny services to LGBTQ people

From The Hill -

Ohio governor deploys nearly 200 National Guard members to US-Mexico border

From WJW, a Fox affiliate in Ohio -

Gov. DeWine: The Delta variant advances in Ohio, ‘I’m worried’

People in OH are getting infected and even dying, and he claims to be "worried" but that worry won't interfere with his full on embrace of his (and the Republican base's) unmitigated embrace of the "fear of the other".

P.S - the last time I looked (which was during the composition of this post), Ohio shared borders with Kentucky, Michigan, Canada (across Lake Erie), Pennsylvania, Indiana, and West Virginia,

Know what it doesn't share a border with?

Mexico.

Yet he's sending members of the OH National Guard to the border with Mexico.

Do the math.