Cop in Ohio County at Center of Trump's Falsehoods About Pets Says He Won't Help Democratic Voters in Need

Mar. 15, 2025

John Rodgers.Photo:Clark County Sheriffs Office

Clark County Sheriffs Office

A sheriff’s lieutenant in the Ohio county at thecenter of Donald Trump’s false claimsabout Haitian immigrants allegedly wrote several Facebook posts saying he wouldn’t help people in distress if they voted for Democrats.

Lieutenant John Rodgers at the Clark County Sheriff’s Office reportedly wrote in a Facebook post on Oct. 20: “I am sorry. If you support the Democratic party I will not help you,”WHIOreports.

“The problem is that I know which of you supports the Democratic Party and I will not help you survive the end of days,” he wrote in one post, WHIO reports.

Another screenshot shows him claiming he would require “proof” from people about who they voted for.

“At the end of the day I will require you to provide proof of who you voted for if you ask me for help,” he wrote. “Weapons and ammo are not cheap.”

Rodgers has since apologized for the remarks, saying they were “out of character” and attributing them to sleep medication, theAssociated Pressreports.

After Rodgers’ Facebook posts were uncovered, the sheriff’s office said in a statement that they were “inappropriate” and do not reflect the sheriff department’s sentiments.

“The community has a right to be upset over the actions of Lt. Rodgers and he, as well as the Sheriff’s Office in general, will have to work even harder to replenish the trust of members of our community,” the statement said.

He was not put on leave but received a written reprimand for violating the department’s social media policy, the sheriff’s department said, per the outlets.

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In response to the reprimand, Rodgers reportedly claimed he was not aware of the posts on his Facebook page and couldn’t find them on his page after a co-worker alerted him to them, per theSpringfield News-Sun.

He reportedly claimed that he takes sleeping medication that cause him to act “out of character,” per theSpringfield News-Sunand WHIO.

He said he had deactivated his Facebook account after the posts came to light, per theSpringfield News-Sun.

source: people.com