Impeachment resolution against Mike DeWine

On November 30, 2020, Ohio representative John Becker along with Rep. Nino Vitale, Rep. Paul Zeltwanger and Rep. Candice Keller announced a House Resolution to impeach Ohio Governor Mike DeWine over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ohio and abuse of power.
Background
In August 2020, the four Ohio State Representatives published 10 articles of impeachment on Governor DeWine. The move was squashed by Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives, Robert R. Cupp refused to take the articles of impeachment to a vote.
After the first set of impeachment articles were drafted, polls took place over the entire state to see the people’s opinion about impeaching Governor DeWine. The ABC6/Fox28 Columbus poll generated 18,420 responses resulting in greater than 83 percent favoring impeachment. The WSPD Toledo poll generated 1,599 responses resulting in 94 percent favoring impeachment. The Mahoning Matters poll generated 1,190 responses resulting in greater than 67 percent favoring impeachment.
On November 19, Governor DeWine announced a 3 week curfew from 10pm to 5am.
The resolution
The House resolution included 12 articles of impeachment against Governor DeWine. The articles state that Governor DeWine "violated the separation of powers doctrine established in the Ohio Constitution, committing acts of 'mismanagement, malfeasance, abuse of power and other crimes.'"
Response
Governor DeWine called the impeachment articles foolish.

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