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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I thought this guy died a while ago....he should have after this announcement....lolol
I will never vote for Jeb Junior.
...are you sure he didn’t?
Ugh. No surprise here
Boy, now THERE’S a ringing support shout-out!
Is Semmens writing under a new name?
This is Semmens, right?
Lott is public enemy #1 to American conservatives. Even worse than Rove, and Rove is garbage.
Another good ol boy!
K.O.D.
Kiss of death....
I was all in for Cruz...but now that Lott has endorsed Kasich, nothing has changed.
Are you kidding me? Trent Lott has no political weight anymore— not even in Mississippi. What a joke. Kasich might win Ohio primary but I really doubt it.
Pfft!
Macaca.
I care more what Snooki thinks than any GOPe shill.
Have George Wallace and Theodore Bilbo endorsed him yet?
POS ought to be in jail!
Trent Lott endorses. And?
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