Kasich: Trump Will Never Be President — ‘Normal,’ Traditional Republicans Won’t Vote for Him

[DefiantMassRINO]

I voted for Trump in the 2016 GOP Primary and Presidential Election.

Trumps's 2016 GOP challengers were wet noodle Globalists.

No way in hell would I vote for Hillary Clinton.

I figured there would be an impeachment, no matter who won.  GOP would started impeachment against Hillary the day after the election.  Trump is too ethically-challeneged to not be impeached.

"Regular" Republicans want to vote for a Pro-America President, not a Globalist, Open-Border, Climate Change tool.

[Idiot]

Kasich: Trump Will Never Be President — ‘Normal,’ Traditional Republicans Won’t Vote for Him

Pam Key 4 Apr 2023

Former Gov. John Kasich (R-OH) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that “normal people” who are “traditional Republicans” will never vote for former President Donald Trump after his indictment.

Mitchell asked, “You were a governor, congressman, you know this whole landscape. How long is this going to last? What if there’s indictment on indictment? Does he build on the victimization? Does it help him with primary voters?”

Kasich said, “I think in this case, there are a lot of Republicans that say, is this really a legitimate and fair charge? Frankly, no one is above the law, but it will be interesting to find out how has everybody else been treated because a public figure shouldn’t have more scrutiny than anybody else. A lot of Republicans are like this is political. I talked with some folks this morning in the gym. We wish he would go away.”

He continued, “When you look at Georgia, no Republican or Democrat that’s knowledgeable that doesn’t look at the Georgia grand jury or the documents case, which seems to be percolating even more. I think that’s kind of the end of it. I suppose Republicans could put up with this thing. We have to see how the trial goes. You have to see what happens with the press conference today with the prosecutor. How does Trump handle himself today?”

Kasich added, “I suspect that if Georgia comes back on the vote pressure scheme or either the document case, I think that’s going to be too much water for him to talk. But he is like the master of escape. We have to wait and see. Here is what I know: there’s no way the guy will be president. There’s no way these Independent voters and Republicans who are sort of normal people who are the traditional Republicans, let me say that. I don’t want to call anybody abnormal but traditional Republicans. There’s no way in a million years that those people are going to vote for him. So my view is, he will never be president.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2023/04/04/kasich-trump-will-never-be-president-normal-traditional-republicans-wont-vote-for-him/

This guy is more brain dead than Fetterman.

[NavyCanDo]

I'm the "Traditional Republican", a Reagan Republican, the favorite President of my lifetime. I'm not a huge Trump fan though applaud most of his policies during his four years. I'd rather see others less divisive win the nomination BUT if it's Trump vs Biden absolutely I will be voting Trump.

[Kamaji]

I'm the "Traditional Republican", a Reagan Republican, the favorite President of my lifetime. I'm not a huge Trump fan though applaud most of his policies during his four years. I'd rather see others less divisive win the nomination BUT if it's Trump vs Biden absolutely I will be voting Trump.

[BellyAche]

I would think that "Trump fatigue" will set in and this may lead "regular Republicans" to vote for another candidate, but if Trump becomes the nominee then I imagine many who dislike him will "hold their noses" and vote for for him to avoid another incompetent Biden term. No Republican of any stripe would vote for Biden as a protest vote against Trump. But they may sit the election out, which poses other difficulties for the party.

[LMAO]

Trump is going to be tied to any candidate that we put out. This is accepting harsh,  cold reality. They’re gonna have to find a way to walk a fine line on this one.

But that doesn’t mean that Republicans should be going back to accommodating China and assisting jobs being sent overseas, or supporting a wide-open border

[DefiantMassRINO]

Trump still has a lane to becoming President again.  He'll speak to the issues that traditional Dem and GOP politicians are ignoring ... the de-industrialization of America and America's descent to become a client state of the Chinese Communist Party.

[massadvj]

The problem is that anti-globalist, pro-America church-going regular folks, who don't necessarily think of themselves as Republicans or conservatives, will not vote for someone else.  I really do fear the GOP cannot win a national election anymore.

OTOH Kasich said the same thing in 2016, and if we continue to go in the direction we are going, by the time 2024 rolls around the antipathy toward Biden may be sufficient that whoever gets the nomination will win.

[Idiot]

The problem is that anti-globalist, pro-America church-going regular folks, who don't necessarily think of themselves as Republicans or conservatives, will not vote for someone else.  I really do fear the GOP cannot win a national election anymore.

OTOH Kasich said the same thing in 2016, and if we continue to go in the direction we are going, by the time 2024 rolls around the antipathy toward Biden may be sufficient that whoever gets the nomination will win.

I agree....  I still contend the Republicans will never again win a presidential election.  The numbers just don't add up anymore.

[roamer_1]

I agree....  I still contend the Republicans will never again win a presidential election.  The numbers just don't add up anymore.

That can turn on a dime. More people count themselves conservative than you know.

The only real successes come from a true message - True Conservatism rings like a bell, and people come a'running.

That is why Reagan's coalition is so very important.

[Bigun]

The problem is that anti-globalist, pro-America church-going regular folks, who don't necessarily think of themselves as Republicans or conservatives, will not vote for someone else.  I really do fear the GOP cannot win a national election anymore.

OTOH Kasich said the same thing in 2016, and if we continue to go in the direction we are going, by the time 2024 rolls around the antipathy toward Biden may be sufficient that whoever gets the nomination will win.

With all the current ballot manufacturing taking place that is a given @massadvj

[massadvj]

With all the current ballot manufacturing taking place that is a given @massadvj

True. Plus all the Republicans are fleeing to the red states, leaving the political situation hopeless in places like Michigan and Wisconsin.

[Bigun]

True. Plus all the Republicans are fleeing to the red states, leaving the political situation hopeless in places like Michigan and Wisconsin.

Divorce is inevitable.

[LMAO]

That can turn on a dime. More people count themselves conservative than you know.

The only real successes come from a true message - True Conservatism rings like a bell, and people come a'running.

That is why Reagan's coalition is so very important.

I think it would have to get so unbearably bad for there to be a change. You would think that the voters of Chicago, after Lori Lightfoot, would have learned. Instead, they voted for somebody farther to the left than  Lightfoot.

[libertybele]

With all the current ballot manufacturing taking place that is a given @massadvj

Unfortunately nothing is being done and it is allowed to continue.

[roamer_1]

I think it would have to get so unbearably bad for there to be a change. You would think that the voters of Chicago, after Lori Lightfoot, would have learned. Instead, they voted for somebody farther to the left than  Lightfoot.

Well Chicago proper is a liberal hell hole. No surprise.
You'd have to get out in the burbs before you will see different.

[berdie]

Divorce is inevitable.

I fear you are correct. I also fear it will not be an amicable "you go your way, I'll go mine" split up.

[catfish1957]

I fear you are correct. I also fear it will not be an amicable "you go your way, I'll go mine" split up.

It'd be okay, but the slugs on the left would want more than their half.

[catfish1957]

Well Chicago proper is a liberal hell hole. No surprise.
You'd have to get out in the burbs before you will see different.

Burbs?   Where do you think the jackals will go after they've stripped the bones clean in the city limits.

[Kamaji]

I think it would have to get so unbearably bad for there to be a change. You would think that the voters of Chicago, after Lori Lightfoot, would have learned. Instead, they voted for somebody farther to the left than  Lightfoot.

Unfortunately, it has to get really, really bad.  Case in point is NYC, which went deep, deep into the toilet before voters finally got enough with the Dinkins (mal)administration and ended up voting for Giuliani.

[roamer_1]

Burbs?   Where do you think the jackals will go after they've stripped the bones clean in the city limits.

Beside the point.
What I am saying is that Chicago proper is a liberal hell hole. You get out in the burbs, and many areas are very Conservative. I grew up in the far south side... Among very Conservative Dutchmen. My grandparents are a good example... Hard core Republicans til the day they died. They didn't start voting for Democrats until AFTER they died.

[catfish1957]

Beside the point.
What I am saying is that Chicago proper is a liberal hell hole. You get out in the burbs, and many areas are very Conservative. I grew up in the far south side... Among very Conservative Dutchmen. My grandparents are a good example... Hard core Republicans til the day they died. They didn't start voting for Democrats until AFTER they died.

Well, my point is that there will be a point in time soon, when the ferals will start feasting on those in the burbs.  Its inevitiable, so though it might be conservative right now, they'll be getting the hell out of Dodge too.....   soon.

[LMAO]

Unfortunately, it has to get really, really bad.  Case in point is NYC, which went deep, deep into the toilet before voters finally got enough with the Dinkins (mal)administration and ended up voting for Giuliani.

That probably is applicable on a national level, also

“MAGA Republican” is working for the Democrats but I don’t believe  that’s a bottomless well for them

I just don’t know how deep that bottom goes

[sneakypete]

Trump might get 95% of republicans, but if he loses independents by 13 points it doesn't matter.  Biden is a weak incumbent.  His favorability has fallen 8 points since election day.  Leave it to republicans to find someone with even worse numbers!   

@cato potatoe

Truth to  tell,I honestly expect Biden to announce he is dropping out of race at the last minute,due to "health conditions".

That way,whatever communist the DNC has picked to run with less time for the RNC and Trump to demonize him/her/undecided,while the Dims can continue to take shots  at Trump.

Anybody have any idea who this will "choose at the last minute"?

[sneakypete]

Normal republicans are now Called "RINO'S" and they represent about 5% of party. Kasich represents this dying branch of the party.

@yodaspock

Only because it would be impolite to call them "Dim-Lites".