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John Kasich: “The first path is feeding on people's fears and driving them into a ditch, separating us and telling people that we as…”

On the recordApril 10, 2016
The first path is feeding on people's fears and driving them into a ditch, separating us and telling people that we as Americans are now failures, our country is a failure. And it just -- it just creates more anger. It's exploiting people's, you know, their anxiety.
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John Kasich
Republican · Ohio

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Kasich discusses the negative political rhetoric that exploits fear and anxiety among Americans.

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