A 2016 post on Tumbler went viral, launching Ohio into meme stardom. The image showed a broken bus stop's marquee that read, "Ohio will be eliminated," according to Yahoo.

Topline The viral “Ohio” social media meme—used to describe something as weird—has rapidly grown in popularity and gained a total of 10.2 million likes, comments, shares and other ...

A 2016 post on Tumbler went viral, launching Ohio into meme stardom. The image showed a broken bus stop's marquee that read, "Ohio will be eliminated," according to Yahoo.

The meme’s origin and appeal The “Only in Ohio” meme started with a 2016 Tumblr post of a bus announcement that inexplicably stated, “Ohio will be eliminated.” ...

The idea went viral, making the rounds on Tumblr, Reddit, Twitter, and Instagram. By 2019, this Ohio-centric joke had also evolved into the “ Wait, it’s all Ohio? Always has been ” meme.

In the days since the Ohio GOP rolled out this meme, the message has been repeated, nearly word-for-word, by dozens of Republican politicians at the state and county level.