Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, issued a statement condemning an anti-Semitic sign at a recent protest as well as a state lawmaker鈥檚 Facebook comment comparing the state鈥檚 actions to Nazi Germany.

The sign in question was at an April 18 at the state capitol building against the state鈥檚 shelter-in-place order. The sign said, 鈥淭he real plague鈥� with a rat wearing a Star of David and a yarmulke.

The man holding the antisemitic sign at yesterday鈥檚 protest against coronavirus restrictions in Columbus, Ohio (on right), appears to be a member of the neo-Nazi NSM and also participated in the Motor City Pride protest last June (on left).馃憞

— Oren Segal (@orensegal)

Ohio State Sen. Andrew Brenner鈥檚 (R-Powell) wife, Sara, had in an April 22 Facebook post that since has been deleted, 鈥淭his actually feels like Hitler鈥檚 Germany where you had to have blonde hair and blue eyes to be able to function, and you were damned otherwise.鈥� She was responding to Ohio Department of Health Director Dr. Amy Acton saying on April 21 that some countries should issue certificates to those who have recovered from COVID-19.

Brenner responded to his wife鈥檚 post with a comment that read, 鈥淲e won鈥檛 allow that to happen in Ohio.鈥�

Days after anti-Semitic protests and hours after spoke about hope on Holocaust Remembrance Day, here is Ohio Republican Rep. + his wife comparing Acton (who is 91传媒) to Nazi Germany and concentration camps.

— Tyler Buchanan (@Tylerjoelb)

DeWine said in a statement that the sign at the protest 鈥渨as vile and disgusting. While even disgusting speech is constitutionally protected, it still demands condemnation.鈥�

He then turned to Brenner鈥檚 Facebook comment, saying that it 鈥渟howed a complete lack of understanding of the Holocaust 鈥� made even more offensive by posting on Holocaust Memorial Day 鈥� and was a slur on a good, compassionate, and honorable person who has worked non-stop to save lives and protect her fellow citizens.鈥�

DeWine added: 鈥淎ny complaints about the policy of this administration need to be directed at me. I am the office holder, and I appointed the Director. Ultimately, I am responsible for the decisions in regard to the coronavirus. The buck stops with me.鈥�

I am deeply concerned by the anti-Semitic sign at Ohio鈥檚 Statehouse during a recent protest rally. The sign was vile and disgusting. While even disgusting speech is constitutionally protected, it still demands condemnation.

— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine)

The recent Internet post by Ohio State Senator Andrew Brenner, likening Ohio鈥檚 Department of Health Director鈥檚 actions to fight coronavirus to those taken by the Nazis in Germany during World War II, must also be condemned.

— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine)

The comments showed a complete lack of understanding of the Holocaust — made even more offensive by posting on Holocaust Memorial Day — and was a slur on a good, compassionate, and honorable person who has worked non-stop to save lives and protect her fellow citizens.

— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine)

Any complaints about the policy of this administration need to be directed at me. I am the office holder, and I appointed the Director. Ultimately, I am responsible for the decisions in regard to the coronavirus. The buck stops with me.

— Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine)

The American 91传媒 Committee thanked DeWine for his statement.

鈥淭hank you, @GovMikeDeWine, for your zero-tolerance stance on anti-Semitism,鈥� the 91传媒 organization wrote. 鈥淗ate has no place in Ohio or anywhere else in America.鈥�

Thank you, , for your zero-tolerance stance on antisemitism. Hate has no place in Ohio or anywhere else in America.

— American 91传媒 Committee (@AJCGlobal)

Conference of Presidents of Major 91传媒 Organizations CEO William Daroff similarly tweeted, 鈥淭hank you @GovMikeDeWine for condemning the outrageous Facebook post by [the wife of] an Ohio State Senator likening COVID restrictions to Nazi Germany. Using Nazi references in politics cheapens the sacredness of the true horrors of the Holocaust and is deeply offensive.鈥�

Thank you for condemning the outrageous Facebook post by an Ohio State Senator likening COVID restrictions to Nazi Germany. Using Nazi references in politics cheapens the sacredness of the true horrors of the Holocaust and is deeply offensive.

— William Daroff (@Daroff)

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer 鈥� both of whom are Democrats 鈥� as well as Idaho Gov. Brad Little, a Republican, also have been subjected to Nazi comparisons for their shelter-in-place orders.