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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKasich to speak at Democratic Convention on behalf of Biden
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/508088-report-john-kasich-to-speak-at-dnc-on-behalf-of-biden?fbclid=IwAR1KfrIte-ANA_ELsvanmbPbnZ52jiEujJGfVi1CBbL3YwVtMMvxopIOub0Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) is expected to speak on behalf of former Vice President Joe Biden at the Democratic National Convention next month.
Its unclear if Kasich will explicitly endorse the presumptive Democratic nominee when he speaks at the convention. But the expected remarks would amount to a major show of support for Biden by a lifelong Republican who rose to political prominence amid the Tea Party movement a decade ago.
The plans were first reported on Monday by The Associated Press. Spokespeople for Bidens campaign and the Democratic National Committee did not immediately respond to The Hills request for comment.
Kasich, who unsuccessfully ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, has been fiercely critical of President Trump, going as far as to call for his impeachment last year.
Kasichs expected speech on Bidens behalf could also give the former vice president a boost in Ohio, a longtime swing state that has increasingly moved in Republicans favor in recent years. During his 2016 presidential bid, Ohio was the only state Kasich won.
Kasich isnt the only Republican supporting Bidens campaign to oust Trump in November. A handful of prominent Republicans founded a political action committee, The Lincoln Project, late last year to oppose the presidents reelection. The group has spent heavily on advertising criticizing Trump in recent months.
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I'm a simple math kind of girl.... If John Kasich can sway 10,000 independent or Republican voters in Ohio to vote for Joe Biden then Joe Biden wins Ohio. If Joe Biden wins Ohio he becomes the next President of the United States. Simple math.
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Kasich to speak at Democratic Convention on behalf of Biden (Original Post)
FarPoint
Jul 2020
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elleng
(130,895 posts)1. I like simple math too, and know Ohio's important,
but am concerned about expected caterwauling from some/many Dems.
Wonder what Senator Sherrod Brown has to say about this.
FarPoint
(12,351 posts)3. It was Senator Brown's wife, Connie who actually posted the link/article for us on Facebook...
So did retired Ohio Supreme Court Judge Bill O'Neill....Bill is definitely for this to garner Ohio votes.
elleng
(130,895 posts)6. Thanks; wondered about Connie too;
not familiar with Judge O'Neill.
FarPoint
(12,351 posts)7. A wonderful man...
Lawyer, and Nurse...strong military background....a jewel here in Ohio...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_O%27Neill_(Ohio_judge)
yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)2. And now on to Florida. Jeb Bush, are you there?
Funtatlaguy
(10,870 posts)4. And what about W? How bout speaking from Texas?
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)5. There's another thread on this subject so I'll be brief.
NO!
brush
(53,776 posts)8. Again, the enemy of my enemy...we all know the rest.