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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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Apr 10, 2016

I have told my campaign people -- I can't communicate with those folks.

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Apr 10, 2016

The other way is to tell them, hey, we do have problems, but they can be fixed. And let's look up and let's pull together.

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Apr 10, 2016

Bullying is so horrible because what it does, is it just so isolates a young child and can have such a negative impact on their lives.

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Apr 10, 2016

I think if you're a photographer, OK, and you are a deep Christian and you object to going to a gay wedding... Why do I needle to raise all this Cain about this?

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Apr 10, 2016

I believe if you pick these other guys you're not only going to lose the White House, you'll lose the court, you will lose the United States Senate, and you're going to lose a lot of seats.

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Apr 10, 2016

Look, for a month I've been saying we're going to a convention and the key is delegate growth.

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Apr 10, 2016

Well, I don't know, but we're certainly not going to use gestapo tactics to win delegates.

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Apr 10, 2016

Where in life do we not compromise? You don't have to compromise your principle, but my way or the highway doesn't work.

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Apr 10, 2016

I may not appreciate a certain lifestyle or even approve of it, but I can -- that doesn't mean I've got to go write a law and try to figure out how to have another wedge issue.

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Apr 10, 2016

I feel like I'm getting younger every minute that I'm in New York.

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Apr 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…

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Apr 10, 2016

I want government as a last resort, not as a first resort. And I've always felt that the Republican Party was closer to that than the Democratic Party was.

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Apr 10, 2016

The Republican Party should be a party of ideas, and ideas that create energy and innovation to lift everybody.

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Apr 10, 2016

The party is always most comfortable being against. The Republican Party has never been a party that's always been so excited about new ideas.

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Apr 10, 2016

From the very tips of my toes to the top of my head, I just love my wife so much.

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Apr 10, 2016

I think it's -- with the young people and, of course, it's with the higher ups. And I would never hesitate to call their school, and I do.

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Apr 10, 2016

Our country is one where we get together, we hang together, we work together, realizing that things -- there's challenges, but they can be fixed.

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Apr 10, 2016

I'm running for the top job. And if I don't get the top job, OK, I'm still governor of Ohio.

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Apr 3, 2016

Oh yeah. Well, no, he's senator, you know, he is Senator Smear. He smeared Ben Carson, he smeared Marco Rubio, he smeared Donald Trump, and now he's smearing me.

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