I have a slightly different take on why people don't want to speak out, because they don't want hassles. They don't want to have people race and came with them in their district, and they don't want to have a primary, you know.
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Kasich discusses the reasons why some politicians may choose to remain silent instead of speaking out against the incumbent president.
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America is at a crossroads. Sometimes elections represent a real choice, a choice we make as individuals and as a nation about which path we want to take.
I mean, a lot of them if you take Youngstown for example, you know, they voted strong for Trump. Trump's not there, I'm not sure they turn out for Republicans.
I'm a lifelong Republican, but that attachment holds second place to my response. That's why I've chosen to appear at this convention. In normal times, something like this would probably never happened. But these are not normal times.
If he has a good performance and he comes across strong, then I think that he can win them.





