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    Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich won’t vote for Trump and doesn’t support Harris

    Caradoc Wyn Posted on

    Former Ohio Governor John Kasich will once again not vote for former President Donald Trump, his one-time primary opponent in the presidential election.

    Kasich, who led the Buckeye State from 2011 to 2019, wrote on social media Wednesday that Trump is “stoking the resentment that divides us and has no hopeful vision for our future.” But, Kasich said, he doesn’t hate Trump.

    Kasich unsuccessfully ran for president in 2016 against Trump and a number of other candidates. Kasich was the last candidate to drop out of the GOP primary, despite winning just one state: Ohio. Kasich skipped Trump’s Republican National Convention in Cleveland and wrote Sen. John McCain’s nomination for president in Arizona in November.

    In the years that followed, Kasich continued to disavow Trump. In 2020, Kasich supported Democratic President Joe Biden over Trump at the Democratic National Convention. “The stakes are higher in this election than in any other election in modern times,” Kasich said in a pre-recorded statement.

    Therefore, it should come as no surprise that Kasich will not vote for Trump in 2024. It’s not clear whether Kasich will vote for Vice President Kamala Harris instead. Kasich said on MSNBC that he does not support Harris and has problems with her economic policies.

    “I’m frustrated with the choices we face in this election,” Kasich said on MSNBC. Kasich now serves as a political analyst for NBC, CNBC and MSNBC.

    Critics have labeled Kasich a RINO, or Republican in name, because of his stance against Trump (along with his decision to expand Medicaid in Ohio). Kasich remains a registered Republican and held a GOP primary earlier this year.

    Current Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine plans to vote for Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance — even after DeWine denounced the ballot’s anti-Haitian rhetoric that sparked a firestorm in Springfield last month.

    Jessie Balmert covers state government and politics for the USA TODAY Network Ohio Bureau, which serves the Columbus Dispatch, Cincinnati Enquirer, Akron Beacon Journal and 18 other affiliated news organizations across Ohio.

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