Posted on 03/19/2016 12:48:24 PM PDT by springwater13
Ohio governor and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich gently criticized Senate Republicans' approach to President Obama's nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, suggesting lawmakers should at least meet with the nominee, and even saying he'd consider nominating Garland himself, as president.
"I never thought the president should send it because I knew nothing was going to happen," Kasich told "Face the Nation" in an interview taped for Sunday's broadcast.
"Frankly," he added, "they probably ought to all sit down and meet with the guy."
Senate Republican leaders have adamantly refused to consider the nomination of Garland, who's currently a federal appeals court judge. While most of the Senate GOP caucus has refused to even meet with the nominee, some individual GOP senators have said they'd be willing to sit down with him, and at least one - Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk - has broken with his party and called for a vote on Garland's nomination.
"My feeling is, at the end of the day, whoever gets elected president should be in a position to be able to pick you know who they want and the American people will either decide by voting for a Republican or Democrat what the makeup of the court is," Kasich said in the interview, which was taped Saturday.
The Ohio governor even suggested he'd consider naming Garland himself if he wins the presidency, noting the praise the nominee has received from conservatives in the past.
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I was going to comment but ... I’m speechless.
Of course he would, he’s a Democrat.
With “Republicans” like this, what the heck is happening???
Does Kasich really think this helps him with conservatives in the GOP??
Or is Kasich just a GOP-E type??
Or does he know he can’t get the nomination so he will just say whatever the hell comes to mind???
Well, on the issue of judges, shows what a “President” Kasich would do, if he really thinks Garland would be someone he himself would nominate.
This guy should be running in the Democrat Party.
Maybe he wants a VP slot under Hillary and then continue his pro-amnesty anti-gun campaign to “stop Trump” in the general election.
He finally gets his 15 minutes, opens his mouth and removes all doubt he’s a jackass!
His mantra is that he could win a general election. He’s counting on dems hating Hillary and voting for him.
I’m so disgusted by the republican establishment, I think I’m going to change my registration to independent. I all ready voted in FL primary for Trump. Of course, the republican party is so dense and out of touch, they would just blame Trump.
FUJK!!
Merrick Garland was Jamie Gorelick’s principal deputy at thee Clinton Justice dept.
He’s an establishment hack with nothing to lose. I’m sure he’s feeling liberated at this point.
Hilary! is damaged goods politically (and likely brain-damaged as well).
Sanders is just a loon.
So I’d guess Kasich is maneuvering to move to the Democrat primary once he gets his @ss handed to him in the next series of GOP primaries.
Is this fool ever right about anything?
That is true,he may have a mental disorder since his neck juts out and he won’t straighten it out. He walks like the sand hill cranes that visit daily to find grubs in my yard.
This is for the RINOs who don’t want to vote for Hillary.
“And to think I used to like Kasich”
That was when the republican party had a few principles and before they decided to sell out the country to keep themselves in power.
Rodney King is alive and well.
Of course he would consider-(and actually vote to confirm)-Garland. Kasich is a Democrat using the mere name Republican. A RINO!
Kasich also opposes the 2nd amendment.
He also said that his dad, the mailman, was a life-long Democrat.
Kasich = pro-life traitor
Is that such a hard thing to do?
-PJ
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