Posted on 07/19/2016 5:02:00 PM PDT by jazusamo
Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday defended his decision not to attend the Republican National Convention in his home state.
Kasich, a former Republican presidential candidate himself, has refused to endorse Donald Trump
or attend the convention. But he did speak across town in an interview with the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on the second day of the convention in Cleveland.
"That's not where I think I need to be in terms of what I have stood for throughout the presidential campaign," Kasich said when asked why he wouldn't just "give in" and attend the nominating event.
During the campaign, Kasich pushed back against harsh rhetoric on immigration from candidates such as Trump. Kasich backed a path to legal status and pushed back on the idea of deporting the millions of people in the country illegally.
Kasich avoided directly engaging with Trump, who was officially nominated on Tuesday. But he made clear that he has a very different posture on key points.
"You have to be a party that reaches out," he said, mentioning African-Americans and Latinos.
On immigration, he said, "It just seems like it’s a natural thing to do to be welcoming."
Trump’s and Kasich's staff have engaged in a fiercer back and forth this week.
Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, speaking at a Bloomberg breakfast Monday, said the governor is "embarrassing his party in Ohio" by not endorsing Trump.
Kasich strategist John Weaver shot back to Bloomberg on the possibility of Kasich serving as Trump's vice president: "A hologram of Abraham Lincoln could have come back and asked him and he would have said 'no.'''
But Kasich kept his remarks more positive on Tuesday.
He said that after the election, "We’re going to have to sit down and we’re going to have to think about what our party is going to mean to people in the 21st century."
Well, he can join W, Jeb, Romney, et al and have a losers convention at Goldman Sucks.
Trump's wife is an immigrant who speaks five languages. His wife. Is that reaching out enough for ya, John?
Cheap Labor Express stooges are not wanted at the convention
He reminds me of the spoiled rotten brat in school, if he can not have his way he will do what he can to spoil the whole thing, how some one like that gets to be govenor is hard to imagine but all too often happens.
He reminds me of the spoiled rotten brat in school, if he can not have his way he will do what he can to spoil the whole thing, how some one like that gets to be govenor is hard to imagine but all too often happens.
He reminds me of the spoiled rotten brat in school, if he can not have his way he will do what he can to spoil the whole thing, how some one like that gets to be govenor is hard to imagine but all too often happens.
He reminds me of the spoiled rotten brat in school, if he can not have his way he will do what he can to spoil the whole thing, how some one like that gets to be govenor is hard to imagine but all too often happens.
to Hell with the jerk
(what a shame a great state like Ohio is stuck with such an idiot)
“Was his father a mailman?”
Yes he was. He carried John Kerry’s letters from Vietnam on his back.
Probably somewhere stuffing food into his pie hole like a pig. Bleah!
I couldn’t agree more.
Kasich’s butt-hurt feelings have affected his brain. He is finishing off his political career.
You lost dude, walk it off.
I am so ashamed he comes from Pittsburgh, my home town.
I wish I had a dollar for each time Kasich told the world about his Dad being a mailman. Kinda like Rubio talking about his immigrant parents. It really gets worn out.
No doubt his father was a mailman. At least Kasich had a father. He can’t whine about that.
Republican governor. Governor of host state. Should have been there. Bad form.
What's this we Kemosabe? You're right about sitting down to discuss the future of the party however - you and your GOPe friends are not invited to the couch for the conversation.
This asshole RINO Kasich has no future in the Republican Party.
The ONLY excuse you have is that you don’t care about the country...Only about yourself...Same as Cruz....
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.