Those responsible for the horrorscape in Missouri and Florida are coordinating closely to pressure DeWine into adopting the most aggressive anti-trans policies, likely through the boards of medicine. This allows him to seem pro-small government while expanding state powers against all trans people.

There is still a chance that DeWine's veto will be overridden, although a substantive majority would be needed that right now is mathematically unlikely unless enormous groundswell support pours in.