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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Sun Oct 1, 2017, 10:17 AM Oct 2017

Kasich: I can't support the GOP if it doesn't reform

Source: The Hill




BY MALLORY SHELBOURNE - 10/01/17 10:06 AM EDT

Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) on Sunday said if the GOP does not fix itself, he won’t be able to continue supporting his own party.

“If the party can’t be fixed, Jake, then I’m not going to be able to support the party. Period. That’s the end of it,” Kasich told Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“I mean, I’m worried about our country and my kids’ future. But have I given up? Of course not," he continued. Kasich shut down the suggestion that he is planning to become an Independent, but emphasized the need for the GOP to reform.

“No, not at this – what I’m saying to you is we need to fix it,” he said when asked about becoming an Independent. “If the Republican Party is going to be anti-immigration, if it’s not going to be worried about debt, if it’s going to be anti-trade, this is not where our party can be.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/353308-kasich-i-cant-support-the-gop-if-it-doesnt-reform

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Kasich: I can't support the GOP if it doesn't reform (Original Post) DonViejo Oct 2017 OP
Another liar Iliyah Oct 2017 #1
He needs to face it the country club no longer holds sway. gordianot Oct 2017 #2
The tennis shoe rethugs took over the party from the tassel loafer rethugs kimbutgar Oct 2017 #8
Too bad jack boots are so expensive. gordianot Oct 2017 #9
Beware of Kasich -- he betrumps. He would push women NCjack Oct 2017 #3
The usual bullshit from a 100% Republican 50 Shades Of Blue Oct 2017 #4
Positioning hisself not fooled Oct 2017 #5
You are absolutely correct! Kleveland Oct 2017 #6
He's obviously put polls in the field and the results have scared him. displacedtexan Oct 2017 #7
Kasich has shifted billions of the tax burden . . FairWinds Oct 2017 #10
I doubt many Trumpers will lose sleep over this. briv1016 Oct 2017 #11

gordianot

(15,238 posts)
2. He needs to face it the country club no longer holds sway.
Sun Oct 1, 2017, 10:31 AM
Oct 2017

The rabble actually bought your lies (stolen from the GOP) and the best con man took over without the ignorant rubes setting foot on the golf course.

not fooled

(5,801 posts)
5. Positioning hisself
Sun Oct 1, 2017, 11:03 AM
Oct 2017

as the 'good' puke*. Don't be askairt, voters, he ain't craaazzzyyy like all of them bad pukes currently in Washington.

Lawdy, there ain't any good pukes anywhere, folks.



*So that he can run for president and attempt to inflict himself on the nation as a 'sane' puke. Wolf in sheep's clothing.




Kleveland

(1,257 posts)
6. You are absolutely correct!
Sun Oct 1, 2017, 11:21 AM
Oct 2017

As an Ohioan myself, I can tell you he is a colossal self serving jerk.

He talks out of both sides of his mouth, and is seriously anti-union.

He just has better words, and is a real politician unlike the huge orange steaming turd in the Whiter House.

Trust me, he cannot be trusted.

displacedtexan

(15,696 posts)
7. He's obviously put polls in the field and the results have scared him.
Sun Oct 1, 2017, 11:39 AM
Oct 2017

I hope he squirms in his repuke sleep. Deplorable asshole.

 

FairWinds

(1,717 posts)
10. Kasich has shifted billions of the tax burden . .
Sun Oct 1, 2017, 12:40 PM
Oct 2017

from the wealthy to working families.

On purpose.

But of course the media loves him.

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