How Can Ohio Governor Mike DeWine Still Support Trump & Vance Despite Their Lies About Haitian Immigrants?

In an op-ed in the New York Times, Ohio Republican Governor Mike DeWine expressed dismay at former President Trump and his fellow Buckeye J.D. Vance for their ceaseless attacks on Haitian immigrants living in his hometown of Springfield, Ohio:

As a supporter of former President Donald Trump and Senator JD Vance, I am saddened by how they and others continue to repeat claims that lack evidence and disparage the legal migrants living in Springfield. This rhetoric hurts the city and its people, and it hurts those who have spent their lives there.

While Governor DeWine's editorial is timely and a step in the right direction, it bears worth asking a question. Several, in fact.

Given the fact that DeWine has conceded that Trump and Vance are repeatedly stating falsehoods about the town in which he grew up and the Haitian community that resides there, how can he continue to support Trump and Vance?

Does DeWine have reason to believe that Trump and Vance will reverse course and apologize for their defamatory and inflammatory statements much less cease making them?

DeWine has consistently stated the Haitians are in the U.S. legally. What does he have to say of Senator Vance's assertion, "I'm still going to call people illegal aliens."?

What happens if Trump (possibly with Vance in tow) visit Springfield in the next couple of weeks as he has promised and he persists in his lies?

What if following a Trump-Vance rally in Springfield, an angry mob take it upon themselves to physically assault and possibly kill members of the Haitian community?

Will Trump and Vance still have DeWine's support?

I have no illusions about Governor DeWine supporting Kamala Harris. DeWine does not believe in a woman's right to choose to have an abortion. 

But given how Trump and Vance have willfully lied about what is happening in Springfield, Ohio not only with regard to accusations of Haitians eating cats and dogs but to accusations that they are in the country illegally, Governor DeWine ought to declare that he cannot in good conscience support Trump and Vance. 

His word would carry a lot of weight. I can only hope this weighs on Governor DeWine's mind.