Kasich to electors: Don't vote for me

[Blue Shoes]

Source: The Hill

Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) is urging presidential electors not to cast a vote for him over President-elect Donald Trump, arguing that the effort will only deepen the divide in America.

“I am not a candidate for president and ask that electors not vote for me when they gather later this month,” Kasich said in a statement Tuesday. “Our country had an election and Donald Trump won.”

Kasich was a vocal opponent of Trump during the GOP presidential race and wouldn’t endorse his former rival leading up to the election.

But in Tuesday's statement, the Ohio governor noted that after a divisive and bruising election, Americans must unite and move forward.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/309042-kasich-to-electors-dont-vote-for-me

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This is basically the death-knell for any revived attempt to prevent Trump from taking the presidency. The US electorate will get what they voted for.

[pbmus]

1. Exactly vote for the candidate that won the election Hillary...

[wordpix]

6. yes but will they? They should but in this state of the nation

It's a question

[DesertRat]

8. I wish they would but the GOP electors

seem to be staunchly anti-Hillary.

[onecaliberal]

2. Fuck that repuke scum. I will not unite behind shitler. That fucking maggot did NOT

Win the election.

[cstanleytech]

3. No, its just the death knell for Kasich there is some smidgen of hope that they will have

the common sense to elect Hillary as she won the popular and she doesnt have mental issues like Trump.
Granted the smidgen of hope is small that the electoral college will do its job and keep someone who is unfit like Trump has shown himself to be from taking office but the smidgen is still there nonetheless.

[JudyM]

5. I'm sure Ryan and Reid et al are riding herd on all of them to keep them in line.

[RelativelyJones]

4. Dems must not put any hope in false friends

And must be united in blocking Trump in any way possible. It is critical that there is a united front and that his poisonous message is completely unacceptable. The long-term health of American society is truly at stake and future generations will judge us accordingly. Rightfully so.

[wordpix]

7. Kasich is behind the Don: "Donald Trump won" ---no, he's behind 2.5 million votes

Can't these repugs understand simple math?

[William Seger]

9. It's important to keep saying in every possible way, "This is not normal"

At the very least, it'll get under DJT's skin, bigly.

[hamsterjill]

10. Our country had an election, and in my view

Hillary Clinton won. I won't soon forget it either.

[truthisfreedom]

11. He's received his marching orders.

Kasich MUST say this or face a political firing squad from the pro-nazis.

[Louis1895]

12. I would rather the Electoral College select Hillary

than endure 4 years (or more) of dysfunctional government.

[radalpha]

13. Would it create a do over?

If a significant number of Trump presidential electors voted for someone other than Trump, and neither candidate received 270 votes, would it trigger a do over? Or would the Congress then just pick?

[Skittles]

16. Congress would pick

but they would SOOOO own the incompetent bastard

[roamer65]

14. If the rogue electors won't vote for Hillary, they should write down "abstain".

Force it to the House of Reps. Make them own that SOB Dump.

[Skittles]

15. he can officially fuck himself

Trump will NEVER be my president - not EVER

[Solly Mack]

17. Yeah. I don't think I'll be uniting around hate.

[NEOBuckeye]

18. Some Dems and liberals apparently took Kasich to be something other than what he actually is.

Now they're waking up and seeing what many of us in Ohio have known all along. Kasich is no liberal.

He's hardly the man of principle he and his surrogates portrayed him as being out the campaign trail--the "adult" in the room as he liked to be portrayed in contrast with his competitors.

They buffed up his record here in Ohio out in New Hampshire. But it doesn't take much scrubbing to take all the wax off, between JobsOhio, fracking, charter school corruption, SB5/Right-to-Work, anti-abortion, anti-urban policy, and so on. We're worse off here than when he took office in 2010, blaming the recession on our previous Governor, Ted Strickland who actually did a pretty nice job trying to reposition us in the aftermath of the 2007-8 crash.

Simply put, he's a right-wing asshole. Always was, always will be. From my view, the one silver lining to Trump winning is that Kasich's own presidential hopes have been permanently destroyed, and I say that as someone who hates what Trump represents, and what he will do to this country and the world. But Kasich in my view would not have been a trade up, just another Wall Street asshole wearing a smile, but who is ready to pick your pocket the instant you turn your back to him.

[TwilightZone]

20. There was a lot of talk about Kasich here on DU during the GOP primary.

The consensus, from what I saw, was that he was significantly more conservative than his public persona, so I think most people (here, at least) are in line with your thinking. He was exposed pretty thoroughly in the threads I recall. Granted, I didn't read every thread, etc.

Most of the discussion I remember was more about the relative negatives between Kasich and the others. I thought then - and still believe now - that Trump is worse, though I agree that it's only a matter of degree. Kasich is arguably worse on the domestic front, but Trump might be insane.

[TwilightZone]

19. I don't think the divide can get much deeper, John.

Thank your fellow Republicans for that.

[roamer65]

21. For Kasich to be issuing a statement means the EC revolt is growing.

Think about it. He's asking not to be considered. That means there are a significant number of electors who are ready to dump Dump.

[Tatiana]

22. They should vote for the other major candidate, Hillary Clinton.

But I understand that some can't bring themselves to do it. So I suggest they refuse to give their votes to Trump. Toss this to Congress.