Posted on 11/20/2018 3:26:19 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Oh, John Kasich, how many times you have betrayed your party, your state, and your country — so many that we've lost count.
The most recent entry to the list is the Ohio governor's announcement that he will veto two bills that are near and dear to the hearts of conservatives who propelled him to victory in 2010 and 2014: The aptly named "heartbeat bill" and "stand your ground" legislation.
Kasich told reporters outside his office Monday that he opposes both bills. If Kasich follows through with the veto threat, this will be the second time in two years he's vetoed the "heartbeat bill," which would ban abortions in Ohio after a baby's heartbeat can be detected. The "stand your ground" legislation would allow armed Ohioans facing a threat or perceived threat to defend themselves with lethal force in public places with no “duty to retreat."
Kasich, the son of a mailman, signed a 20-week abortion ban in 2016 but vetoed a separate measure that would have protected babies with beating hearts from abortions. He said at the time that the law would have been struck down. "The State of Ohio will be the losing party in that lawsuit and will be forced to cover the legal fees for the pro-choice activists' lawyers," Kasich said. "Therefore, this veto is in the public interest."
On the issue of gun rights, Kasich has been all over the board. As a member of the House in the 1990s, he voted for the controversial so-called "assault weapons ban," joining with Dianne Feinstein and other liberal Democrats to help pass the measure. Since becoming governor, he has been cheered by gun rights activists in the state for signing into law several measures they supported...
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Remember this when he does his presidential run.
If the GOP holds a supermajority, the vetoes can be overridden.
Or incoming GOP Governor Mike DeWine would sign them next year.
I hate to say it, but he may be right on the Heartbeat Bill. It would undoubtedly be challenged in Court and I assume the Judge that the opposition would file with would strike it down.
What got into this guy, Ohioans? He wasn’t nearly this obnoxious way back when, was he?
A little boy?
A little girl?
Or a secret overseas bank account?
And this guy thinks he will attract votes in Republican primaries??
Kasich is running for President again.
I wouldn’t worry. Trump carried OH by double digits despite Kasich’s lack of support.
K-suck has always been a back stabbin little pimp.
It’s interesting how one can infringe upon the 2nd Amendment all day long, but one cannot infringe upon the “right” of women to kill babies in any way, shape or form.
John Kasich does not merely betray the Republicans, of which he claims to be one.
He manages to betray a goodly segment of humanity, all the while claiming he is one.
Not that John is beyond redemption, it is just that it probably won’t happen in this lifetime.
A lot of karma has to be counterbalanced and worked out first.
It would be great if someone “in the know” revealed exactly what he and his best bud, Condit, were up to around “Chandra Levy time”, that made him high tail it out of D.C. and back to Ohio lickety split.
Of Course he did. He’s a Loser.
And, with this, he thinks he will run for President? Fat chance!
Then let a judge strike it down. The more abortion cases we get in the pipeline to the Supreme Court, the sooner we’ll have a decision over-ruling Roe v. Wade.
Gary Condit was Pig Vomit’s best friend in Congress. The two of them used to go on sex adventures together.
“I hate to say it, but he may be right on the Heartbeat Bill.”
Our Governor Reynolds signed it here in Iowa. Very proud of my state for that.
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