Contact: Catherine Turcer, Common Cause Ohio 

Phone: 614-579-5509

MEDIA ADVISORY

Ohioans Urge Gov. Mike DeWine to Keep Our National Guard Away from the President’s Authoritarian Takeover 

WHAT:   Press conference about the DC takeover 

WHEN: Wednesday, August 20 at noon 

WHO:  

• Adam Miller, former State Representative and  former Chair of the Ohio Legislative Veterans Caucus; served as Senior Pentagon Domestic Ops Judge Advocate General, Ret. Army JAG Colonel, 29 yrs of military service, including two combat tours to Afghanistan
• Gary Daniels, legislative director, ACLU Ohio 
• Rev. Dr. Jack Sullivan, Jr., executive director, Ohio Council of Churches 
• Catherine Turcer, executive director, Common Cause Ohio

WHERE:  Veterans Plaza, Ohio Statehouse (outside the Ohio Senate Building) 

WHY:  President Trump declared a crackdown on crime and a “state of emergency” in Washington, DC federalizing the local police, against the wishes of DC’s elected leaders and residents. Violent crime is at a 30 year low. Gov. DeWine has described sending 150 Ohio National Guard members to DC as the “right thing to do.”