Ohio governor and 2016 presidential candidate John Kasich was fired up on the Today Show this morning, speaking out against the way Trump handled the Charlottesville violence over the weekend that lead to the death of a 32-year-old woman and injured many others. Before he was even asked a question he began his criticism.
"Pathetic! Isn't it? Just pathetic…It's terrible. This is terrible."
"The President of the United States needs to condemn these kinds of hate groups. Think about what you have seen!…reminiscent of what we saw in Germany in the 1930s. The president has to totally condemn this…This is a very serious matter"
"There is a bitterness setting in that may not be able to be removed…He's got to fix this and republicans have got to speak out, plain and simple. Who cares what party you're in?"
Kasich was right on the mark with everything he said, until he was asked this: "Would you be willing to be the guy who goes around to republican leaders and say that 'this is our moment, we will tell our president we no longer support him, period."
Unfortunately, Kasich couldn't follow all the way through. He choked. He looked a bit tongue-tied for a split second, and then back-pedaled. "Well Matt, look, he's our president, okay?…He's our president, but he needs to correct what he has said…"
