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John Kasich

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John Kasich is a Republican politician who served as the 69th Governor of Ohio from January 10, 2011, to January 14, 2019. Prior to his governorship, he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983 to 2001, representing Ohio's 12th congressional district. During his time as governor, Kasich focused on issues such as Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, education reform, and economic development. He is known for his moderate stance within the Republican Party and his willingness to work across party lines on various issues.

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Mar 28, 2016

Look, we have to -- young lady, we have to protect the border. That is a given, OK? For a couple of reasons, and one of them is security.

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Mar 28, 2016

In virtually every national poll, I am the only one that beats Hillary Clinton consistently.

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Mar 28, 2016

We want the Muslims who are -- they feel as strongly as we do about these murderers out there.

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Mar 28, 2016

I think that's the most ridiculous of foreign policy I ever heard.

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Mar 28, 2016

So you kind of go to a baseball game, and you don't come home?

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Mar 28, 2016

The president of the United States -- the first thing he did is he wouldn't meet with our friend Netanyahu.

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Mar 28, 2016

We have to deal with him. He is the one that alerted the Europeans about the radical that was moving over to Brussels.

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Mar 28, 2016

If name calling, bringing in spouses and ripping each other below the belt and wrestling in the mud is the new politics, we all need to stand against it.

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Mar 28, 2016

I actually have a solid health care plan to replace Obamacare, which involves transparency, competition, market-oriented forces.

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Mar 28, 2016

When I left Washington, there was a $5 trillion surplus, and guess who spent it? The Republicans.

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Mar 28, 2016

And secondly, we should have a guest worker program where people can come in and work, and then they can go back home, because that's what they want to do.

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Mar 28, 2016

And thirdly, if they came here illegally but they've not committed a crime since they've been here, they'll pay a fine, back taxes, and they can have a path to legalization, not a path to citizenship.

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Mar 28, 2016

Now the idea that we're going to drive around in Waukesha and we're going to drive around here in Milwaukee, and we're going to yank people out of their homes, leaving their kids on the front porch crying and screaming? Come on, that's…

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Mar 28, 2016

I think that can pass. I think that can pass the United States Congress. And I think it can pass with the American people and get this issue behind us and get this thing healed.

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Mar 28, 2016

We want Muslims who go to mosques who see radicalization to tell the authorities about it.

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Mar 28, 2016

Destroy ISIS, that's a given, and then after that great intelligence to make sure we can thwart these attacks and get the Europeans to start, you know, paying attention and doing their job.

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Mar 28, 2016

But at the same time when we do trade agreements and other countries cheat, and they do cheat -- some of them manipulate their currency, and we need to call them on it when they do it.

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Mar 28, 2016

One out of five Americans work for something related to trade, and secondly, that's 38 million Americans.

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Mar 28, 2016

If Ohio State came up to play your beloved Badgers and I asked for five downs to get a first down and you only got four, how would you feel? You wouldn't put up with it, okay?

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Mar 28, 2016

You cannot make decisions as a leader by putting your finger in the air and -- or doing focus groups or telling people what they want to hear so you get them involved, but you know what they're saying -- what you're saying is not true.

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Mar 28, 2016

The United States of America should be arming the Ukrainians who want to fight for freedom against Putin.

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Mar 28, 2016

If the nominee is somebody that I think is really hurting the country, and dividing the country, I can't stand behind them.

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Mar 28, 2016

We have got to begin to teach our kids in K through 12 and also in the community college and the four-year schools to be getting an education for a job that exists.

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Mar 28, 2016

There are three things needed to grow an economy: common sense regulations; we don't have them now. Lower taxes; all the taxes are going up. And a balanced - and a movement toward a balanced budget.

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