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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

I've been pro-life all of my career. The only exceptions are rape, incest and life of the mother.

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Mar 28, 2016

You can't sit around worrying about who is really going to like you.

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Mar 28, 2016

I don't want to get into how courageous I am or anything, but look, we -- the gentleman stood up, first question out of here was Medicaid expansion. I knew it wasn't going to be all that popular.

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Mar 28, 2016

You have to drive the car when you get your hands on the wheel, and you got to have people around that will tell you when you're on the wrong path.

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Mar 28, 2016

You don't ever want to look back and say, I played politics, I took care of my party and I didn't serve the people.

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Mar 28, 2016

The spirit of our country doesn't rest in the president. I mean, the president's important, but the spirit of our country rests in the neighborhoods, it rests in the people who are here tonight.

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Mar 28, 2016

We need the solutions in Washington to create the jobs. That is an absolute -- without jobs we don't have anything.

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Mar 28, 2016

When we shift welfare, education, infrastructure, job training, Medicaid programs back to the states then we've got to run them, and we have to run them where we live.

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Mar 28, 2016

State government ought to be shifting more power to the neighborhoods.

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Mar 27, 2016

Enough is enough with the mudslinging and the personal attacks.

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Mar 16, 2016

It's unlikely that anybody is going to achieve enough delegates to avoid a convention.

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Mar 15, 2016

We are going to go all the way to Cleveland and secure the Republican nomination!

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Mar 10, 2016

I think that the Chinese government butchered those kids and when that guy stood in front of that -- that young man stood in front of that tank, we ought to build a statue of him over here, when he faced down the Chinese government.

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Mar 9, 2016

Half the delegates are yet to be selected. Period, half of them; and by the time we get to the convention and by the time we leave, I'll have enough delegates to be the nominee of the republican party.

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Mar 9, 2016

A positive message and raising the bar for our kids will win. We'll win in this country.

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Mar 9, 2016

It sort of looked that way, and thank goodness. I think it was very good to be able to have a long policy discussion.

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Mar 9, 2016

Ohio is critical. We're rising everywhere. We're getting good crowds. Fundraising is up.

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Mar 9, 2016

I'm going to be the nominee. Are you available for vice president?

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Mar 9, 2016

Stay positive throughout the night, Anderson, hope to come out of this debate with some momentum heading into that big Tuesday race.

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Mar 9, 2016

I can take conservative policies to the White House, to Washington, to restore the strength of our economy.

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