Springfield official faced criticism after refusing to help Democrats

An Ohio sheriff's office is under fire after an official said in a Facebook post that he would not help Democrats.

According to a report in the Springfield News-Sun, John Rodgers, a lieutenant with the Clark County Sheriff's Office, posted on Facebook that he wanted evidence of who someone voted for before helping them and that he would not help Democrats.

Rodgers has since deleted his Facebook account.

The sheriff's office did not respond to a request for Rodgers' personnel file and comment on the situation before publication.

Rodgers told the Springfield News-Sun that he takes medication to help him sleep, which causes him to make “extraordinary phone calls, text messages and statements.”

Springfield is the seat of Clark County. The city came into the national spotlight in September when former President Donald Trump and vice presidential candidate JD Vance claimed without evidence that Haitian immigrants in the city were eating pets.

Rodgers' posts sparked further outcry on social media, with several people calling for his firing.

Erin Glynn is a reporter for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, which covers the Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal and 18 other affiliated news organizations across Ohio.

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