When are Ohioans going to give him the boot?
Kasich, this is for you:
Posted on 06/04/2017 2:41:54 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
COLUMBUS, OH — President Donald Trump announced that the United States would pull out of the Paris Climate Accord on Thursday. The move has been met with mixed political reactions and has drawn the ire of frequent Trump opponent, Ohio Governor John Kasich.
The voluntary Paris Climate Accord was structured to reduce global carbon emissions, but Trump felt the deal unevenly impacted the American people. He said on Thursday that he was "elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not the citizens of Paris."
Kasich took to Facebook to decry the move, saying America's withdrawal from the agreement was tantamount to relinquishing the nation's status as a global leader. He added, "the Trump Administration should have worked to improve the treaty from within."
The governor was quick to note that he was not happy with the original agreement and believed then-President Barack Obama could have done more to create a bipartisan American voice in the accord.
"But, I know that climate change is real. It is a global issue and will need a global agreement to address. And we could have negotiated that agreement in ways that would not needlessly destroy jobs," Kasich said in his statement.
He then outlined three main ways he felt the current administration could have improved the Paris Climate Accord, writing that:
- The largest emitters of greenhouse gases could have been asked to commit to concrete, obligatory reductions in emissions;
- The agreement could have targeted the root cause of global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, instead of an indirect measure such as aggregate global temperature; and
- More thorough analysis of the costs and the benefits could have provided greater assurance that jobs were not unnecessarily being put at risk.
"A properly negotiated agreement could actually have ended up driving innovation and creating jobs," Kasich wrote. "By withdrawing from the agreement, the Administration has passed up an opportunity both to expand U.S leadership in clean energy technology and to create well-paid American jobs with a future."
For his part, Trump called the agreement "draconian." He said the deal did not do enough to curb emissions from rapidly industrializing nations like India and China, and hampered American economic growth. Nevertheless, he said he cares deeply about the environment and that the U.S. will be "the cleanest" country going forward, with the cleanest air and the cleanest water."
To read more about Trump's comments on the Paris Climate Accord, and international reaction to the U.S.'s decision, click here.
Other Ohio politicians weren't as verbose in their responses to news of the U.S.'s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord.
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Republican Senator Rob Portman has yet to issue an official statement on the decision.
The state's representatives mostly divided along party lines, with Democrats like Tim Ryan calling pulling out of the Paris Climate Accord a "bad idea" while Republicans like Jim Jordan said it was the "right thing."
Soros butt boy said what?
So, in order to retain our leadership role in the world, Kasick would have America spend trillions of dollars, lose millions of jobs, to maybe, just maybe, lower Earth’s temperature by two-tenths of one point in maybe, just maybe, one hundred years?
ESAD, Kasich.
The deep state has infiltrated many religious organizations, and corrupted them.
Honey traps and blackmail, would be a logical guess.
Kasich is a spineless jellyfish and why republicans lose to democrats every day.
If it weren’t for Trump, we would have ‘President Hillary, her majesty’, and Kasich would be bending knee before her and kissing her ring.
When are Ohioans going to give him the boot?
Kasich, this is for you:
Who? Oh, that moron who lost the election.
Trump 1543 Delegates
K-Suck 161 Delegates
‘Nuff said.
The American voting public. Kasick is a fool. He reinforces this perception every time he opens his mouth in public. The American people can see it clearly.
Let’s see, he lives in Sarasota Florida and he does his show in Stamford, Connecticut. Ok...he is as much as an Ohioian as I am.
Way, way long ago at the beginning of the Republican primaries Brett Bayer of Fox News interviewed each of the candidates, including Kasich. The Kasich interview was about ten minutes long and entirely non-adversarial. By the end I knew Kasich as a totally goo-goo soft socialist and totally unfit for the presidency. Before then I didn’t know much about him. He’s never done a thing since to change my opinion.
There is nothing in the world that prevents the US or Ohio from continuing to practice clean air, clean water and clean environment.
I see no reason to send money to other countries for us to live clean.
It would be like me having to pay my neighbor for me cleaning my own house.
He's more than a fool; he's dangerous. I suspect that because of him, OH will not fully participate in the economic recovery. I'm amazed how many people who don't live near OH or aren't deeply informed think he's a good guy who would've been a nice compromise for the nomination!
Kasich is a traitorous enemy with an “R” for political affiliation.
His policies will get us killed.
Congress is a hot bed of loafers only concerned about getting reelected by kicking cans down the road.
Of course he does. That’s why he’s not president and Donald Trump is.
That would be a blue to red flip and on balance probably a net gainer for our side. Sherrod Brown’s voting record is left of Obama and Bernie Sanders.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
One Love, baby!/s
Europe is headed for yet another debacle, WW III?
President Eisenhower was a much under-rated president.
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