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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 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

When you say to somebody we're going to surveil your neighborhood because you're a Muslim, if you want to find out what's going on in a neighborhood, who do you think you would ask?

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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

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

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

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 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

I couldn't be prouder of John. I mean, I've always been proud of him, but I'm super proud of the way he's run this campaign and the way he's behaved.

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Apr 10, 2016

So wouldn't you pick somebody that can beat Hillary rather than somebody who loses to her all the time?

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Apr 10, 2016

Why would I be the only one to beat Hillary in the fall? Why do all the polls show that?

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Apr 10, 2016

I don't want to take the low road to the highest office in the land. And I haven't.

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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

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 10, 2016

Zero -- I'm not going to be anybody's vice president. I would be the worst vice president the country ever saw.

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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

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

I'm fighting for the guy that lived across the street from me who got up early in the morning and was clean and worked all day and came home and was dirty.

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Apr 10, 2016

I will make you this promise. No more eating pizza with a fork.

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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

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 3, 2016

Spending time talking about Donald Trump's personal life, no thank you. I don't want to talk about people's personal life. Forget it.

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