I tapped out like a minute in, jesus christ. I don’t see how this guy could get elected dogcatcher, let alone a fucking senator. Who ran against him in the primary?

(checks Wikipedia)

Okay, so the failson of the owner of the Cleveland Guardians and a crypto bro:

In November 2018, Mandel made Ohio the first U.S. state to allow taxpayers to pay taxes with cryptocurrency. Mandel’s initiative, OhioCrypto.com, allowed Ohio taxpayers to pay tax bills in Bitcoin; he described the initiative as a way to project Ohio as a state that is embracing blockchain technology. Mandel described himself as a cryptocurrency enthusiast and said that he hoped the launch of OhioCrypto.com would bring more legitimacy to cryptocurrency. Ohio Attorney General Yost subsequently found, “The Treasurer’s use of a payment processor to convert cryptocurrency into dollars for the payment of taxes is not authorized, expressly or impliedly, by statutes allowing the receipt of electronic payments.” Mandel’s successor suspended the program, noting that it had processed fewer than ten transactions.

Always a treat to see these so-called men of the people fumble their way through encounters with actual working class people.