John Kasich calls for impeachment

[orangecrush]

Source: CNN




Former Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich says he's now for impeaching Trump
By Kaanita Iyer

Posted at 3:39 PM ET, Fri October 18, 2019

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(CNN) — Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich said President Donald Trump should be impeached, a major switch for a former Republican presidential candidate who had previously defended the President.
Breaking from his party's overall stance, Kasich, who's a CNN contributor, told CNN's Ana Cabrera Friday the "final straw" for him was White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney's Thursday admission that military aid was withheld from Ukraine in order to pressure that country for investigations into Democrats.
"But if you are asking me if I was sitting in the House of Representatives today and you were to ask me how do I feel, do I think impeachment should move forward and should go for a full examination and a trial in the United States Senate, my vote would be yes." Kasich said on CNN's "Newsroom."
The high-profile Republican said the events of Thursday afternoon -- Mulvaney's admission of a quid pro quo and the announcement of the resignation of Energy Secretary Rick Perry chief among them -- caused him to rethink his stance.

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The dam is breaking.

[fleur-de-lisa]

1. Kick

[IronLionZion]

2. And join the GOP primary

Do it Kasich! Romney next

[tymorial]

6. Its exactly why they have come out in favor of impeachment

It attracts moderates and independents who are in favor and these two are the most likely to battle it out for the nomination if Trump is out

[Bettie]

20. He's also been making the rounds

promoting his book and showing what a "moderate" "reach across the aisle" guy he is.

Well, he isn't, but boy is he working to convince people that he is.

[Tom Rinaldo]

3. OK. This is meaningful. Good for him n/t

[lagomorph777]

4. Perry resigned again?

I missed that in all the zaniness.

[flibbitygiblets]

28. oops!

[tymorial]

5. Funny how the Republicans who are calling for impeachment are also the most likely to replace Trump

On the party ticket next year. Hedging bets perhaps

[Tom Rinaldo]

7. Hedging bets is expressing grave concern, not calling for impeachment. Not for someone high profile

The Republicans running against Trump for The Republican nomination up to now were playing a long shot.Their political fortunes were essentially going nowhere so they had little to lose. Kasich was the runner up for the nomination in 2016. This is a bolder step than I expected from Kasich at this stage. He is the highest profile Republican backing impeachment now.

[jlerollblues]

9. Wolf in Sheeps clothing

The man frightens me. MSM tries to paint him as a moderate voice of reason. Look at the GOP policies him and his cronies rammed through in Ohio. I really think he sees a chance at replacing Trump at the top of the ticket

[DeminPennswoods]

11. +1

nt

[Raven123]

16. My thoughts exactly

Slashed funding to schools to build up the treasury and brag about his fiscal policies. Even his successor Dewine knows it. Last I heard planning to spend some of those bucks on roads. Haven't followed close enough to see if he is following through.

Notice Kasich didn’t speak out earlier. So we can assume he was ok with Trump trying to get Mueller fired and trying to convince Sessions to “unrecuse.”

[orangecrush]

23. Exactly.

[cstanleytech]

8. I don't care what he says about House I want him to say that to Mitch McConnell in the Senate.

After all the Senate is really the one in the end that can decide to remove a president.

[PJMcK]

10. "The dam is breaking."

These are baby steps in the right direction.

My question is simply this: What is taking Republicans so long to realize they're fucked with Trump?

[MurrayDelph]

12. Apparently he has a new book to sell

So he has to pretend reasonableness for a time, the same way Huckabee pretended to not be an asshole when he was hawking his diet book.

[Still In Wisconsin]

13. So what. I mean, really, who cares?

Almost every Republican who publicly breaks with Trump is either a former Governor, former Congressman, Senator, etc. or else someone currently in office who isn't seeking re-election.

Yawn. Call me when a sitting Republican who isn't about to retire cuts ties with the Donald.

[Owl]

26. My thoughts exactly.

[DallasNE]

14. So Kasich Is Joining Romney

As candidates following the ouster of Trump. Bye, bye Pence.

[TeamPooka]

15. Ambition is a wonderful thing. nt

[Julian Englis]

17. Impeachment is a good start; removal after a trial in the Senate is what is needed n/t

[wnylib]

18. So maybe Kasich and Romney are

Iining up as Traitor Don's replacement.

And maybe they're trying to save the Senate by implying that Pubs are basically moderates and the Traitor in Chief is just an aberration.

I say we should discredit the entire Pub party so badly that no self-respecting American would go near one of them let alone vote for one.

The Senate race is as important as the WH race this time because if we win the WH we will need a Dem Congress to help straighten out the mess. If, God forbid, we don't win the WH but have both houses of Congress we can control the damage and still pursue the Pub criminals who remain in elected or appointed offices. Not to mention prevent a new Pub appointee to SCOTUS.

[Botany]

19. Release the full Mueller report, Trump's Taxes, the Steele Dossier, enforce the emolument's clause,

and Trump's call to Erogan .... soon it will be a flood.

BTW I betting on the dispatching of the big Orange Turkey by Thanksgiving.

[orangecrush]

25. I hope you're right

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

21. It's a start I guess

[BlueWI]

22. Sure, we believe you...

Pretty easy to say you'd vote Yes, after retirement from the House.

Still, we'll take it.

[Nitram]

24. This is a new kind of "Chicken Hawk": Republicans who call for impeachment once they are out of

office and cannot be held accountable by voters.

[lindysalsagal]

27. This means something.

Maybe Kasich didn't take the rissian's money, so he's free to save himself.

[maxrandb]

29. Dear John

Go fuck yourself sideways with a First Edition Hard Cover copy of Atlas Shrugged you worthless piece of amphibian shit.

I will never forgive you and the rest of the T-Bagging morons for what you've done to our country and the once great state of Ohio.

You used racism and hatred to get yourselves into power, and then you relentlessly and without remorse, gerrymandered the ever living fuck out of Ohio so your party could win 50.2% of the vote and end up with 86% of the political representation.

I give not one fuck about your deathbed conversion.

Seriously, if fucking John Kasich is the fucking voice of reason, this fucking country is finished.

[blaze]

30. Righteous rant. nt

[orangecrush]

31. Tell us...

How you really feel!

[jcmaine72]

32. I was gonna write something complimentary about Kasich, but...

I just can't. He's a total scumbag.

Classic case of a broken clock being correct once a day, or the sun shining on the proverbial dog's ass, or however that saying goes.