Posted on 08/25/2015 11:04:12 AM PDT by massmike
Ohio Gov. John Kasich collected another endorsement from a prominent Southern Republican on Tuesday. Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott pledged his support to the governor, and will serve as a national co-chair on Kasich's campaign.
Lott, 73, spent 35 years in Congress from Mississippi's delegation, and rose through the ranks of GOP leadership in the Senate to secure the top spot. His colleagues ousted him from that position after he made comments praising former South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond, who ran as a "Dixiecrat" for president in 1948.
Thurmond's states' rights platform challenged the civil rights movement of the mid-20th century. At Thurmond's 100th birthday party, Lott reportedly said Mississippi voted for Thurmond, remained proud of its vote and the country would have been better off had others done the same. He later apologized.
A few years after Lott's colleagues pushed him out of the top spot, they lifted him back into party leadership as the Senate's Republican whip.
"Trent is a friend whom I respect and whose leadership has been of enormous benefit to our country," Kasich said in a statement on Tuesday. "He's got a keen policy mind with experience across the full scope of federal issues and political wisdom that's been honed in the trenches. I'm humbled that he's on our team and excited about the work we're going to be able to do together to win this race and begin lifting up our nation for everyone."
When asked about the issue of race and the Black Lives Matter protests earlier this year, Kasich said, "All lives do matter," but emphasized that, "Black lives matter, especially now."
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Kiss ‘o death for Kasich. Maybe he can run as Hillary’s Veep.
Trent Lott! I can see a disturbance in the force as Kasich support surges.
Trent Who?
Ha!! How about Haley Barbour or Bitch McConnell? Good grief.
No surprise here. Kasich doesn’t even need to be “co-opted” by the GOPe since he is already full-bore RINO
Or Huey Long and Bull Connor.
I think Senator Thad Cock ran might be for Kasish too!! If he ever is awake.
Sounds about right.
Chester Lott returns to his Democrap ruts by endorsing Democrap John “Gary Condit Eskimo Bro” Kasick (sic).
ROFL!
Why am I not surprised?
That's all I need to know.
Does this mean the GOPe is starting to abandon Jeb for Kasich?
No, Trent the cheerleader has been cashing in as an influence peddler.
Oh, my! That sure takes a load off my shoulders. I’ve been waiting with bated breath to know who Trent Lott was going to endorse. Now, my decision is made!
Lmao!!!
It is really odd to me that Kasich is in the Republican Party. He is a much better fit over with the leftist liberal socialist democrats.
Well, for that matter, so is Jebbie.
Unless, of course, the Republican Party is also a leftist liberal socialist party and they just think they can run a leftist liberal socialist government better than the leftist liberal socialist democrats.
Lott: “This is a guy we can control.”
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