[8] Citing her opposition to vaccine mandates, in April 2021, WOUB-FM radio called Keller a "far-right Republican"[9] Following a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, in August 2019, Keller posted an essay on her personal Facebook page blaming the shooting on the breakdown of the traditional family (including due to transgender rights, gay marriage and "drag queen advocates"), video game violence, recreational marijuana, open borders, disrespect of military veterans and law enforcement, failed school policies, former President Barack Obama, and "snowflakes, who can’t accept a duly-elected President".
[12] As a result, many local officials (including Jane Timken, chairwoman of the Republican Party of Ohio) have called for Keller to resign.
Keller, who was then running to replace fellow Republican Bill Coley in the state senate, declined to do so, criticizing "Establishment moderates" and describing herself as the "only conservative in this race.
[22] Legal scholar Jonathan Entin criticized the proposal to remove DeWine as reflective of a warped understanding of the concept of impeachment.
[19] CNN commentator Chris Cillizza said the effort was one of several examples of how Donald Trump had politicized public health matters to the point Republican lawmakers felt they needed to make extreme and pointless moves in order to satisfy the base.