Lt. John Rodgers, a 20-year veteran of the sheriff’s office in Clark County Ohio, where Springfield is the county seat, made the statements in several posts on Facebook; Rodgers declared on Facebook that he would not help Democrats and would require proof of who a person voted for before providing them aid; "I am sorry. If you support the Democrat Party I will not help you,”; “The problem is that I know which of you supports the Democratic Party and I will not help you survive the end of days.”