Thread: Kasich hints at Trump endorsement, says Ohio victory 'really difficult'

Kasich hints at Trump endorsement, says Ohio victory 'really difficult'

Published August 08, 2016 FoxNews.com
Ratner: Without Kasich, Trump can't win Ohio

Ohio Gov. John Kasich is long gone from the Republican presidential primary but on Sunday hinted about finally endorsing Donald Trump while also predicting Trump winning his home state will be “really difficult."

Kasich, whose only primary win was in Ohio, has created problems for the Trump campaign, despite conceding in May to the GOP presidential nominee -- refusing to endorse Trump or attend official events during the party’s nominating convention last month in Cleveland.

Such actions appear to have so far hurt efforts to create state party unity and Trump’s chances of winning Ohio, considering no GOP presidential nominee has been elected to the White House without winning the state.

“He's going to win parts of Ohio where people are really hurting," Kasich told CNN's "State of the Union." “But I still think it's difficult if you are dividing to be able to win Ohio. I think it's really, really difficult."

The so-called battleground state -- which voted in 2008 and 2012 for President Obama -- has 18 electoral votes, in the contest to get 270.

And the campaigns for Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton have already made several stops in Ohio since their respective party’s nominating conventions concluded a couple of weeks ago.

Winning Ohio and other so-called Rust Belt states, whose populations and economies have dwindled over recent decades with the decline of U.S. manufacturing, appears essentially in what would or could be Trump’s narrow path to victory.

"There will be sections he will win because people are angry, frustrated and haven't heard any answers,” Kasich also said Sunday. “But I still think it's difficult if you are dividing to be able to win Ohio."

Polls show Clinton and Trump deadlocked in the state.

Kasich on CNN also left open the possibility of endorsing Trump, a bitter primary rival, with less than 100 days remaining before Election Day.

"We still have time. That's something I think about a little bit but not a lot," he said.

Kasich also attempted to explain his decision not to attend the convention, saying, "If I weren't prepared to get up there and endorse the nominee, I thought it was inappropriate to go.”

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Well, that's a different spin. I watched the interview and I thought it was a leaning toward endorsing but another article headlined it differently. I hope Fox is right. Trump Supporters need to make it clear that refusing to endorse our nominee, a nominee who won more primary votes than any candidate in Republican history, is party treason and your political careers are over. Period.

Kasich you need to suck it in and endorse Donald J Trump for President of the United States and encourage the people of your state to vote for Trump in November for all the right reasons, border security, national security, better trade deals, lower taxes, saving Social Security and Medicare, rebuilding the crumbling sections of our cities, bringing our industrial base to the United States, creating good paying jobs for American Workers, everything we need and want.

You are on the opposite side of what's right, you're riding a bellering Donkey when you need to be sitting proud on that wonderful majestic Elephant.