More from Ohio Gov. Kasich this Sunday on “Meet the Press”
ALSO THIS SUNDAY: Interviews with Dem. VP Nominee Tim Kaine, Trump Campaign Manager Kellyanne Conway
SEPT. 16, 2016 – After meeting with President Obama today in the Oval Office to discuss TPP, Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) sat down with “Meet the Press” moderator Chuck Todd, telling him “the chances are miniscule” that he will be voting for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
“It’s very, very likely I will not” vote for Trump, said former presidential candidate Gov. Kasich. “It is country first, and I am unlikely to cast that vote.”
Watch the exchange, and see transcript of this interview preview below.
Tune in to Sunday’s “Meet the Press with Chuck Todd” for more from Gov. Kasich as well as interviews with Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine and Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway.
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CHUCK TODD:
You just flatly, I didn’t ask you, but you flatly said, “I’m not voting for Hillary.”
JOHN KASICH:
No, of course not.
CHUCK TODD:
Okay. What about Donald Trump?
JOHN KASICH:
No, I’m no closer. I mean, there’s too much–
CHUCK TODD:
There’s a difference.
JOHN KASICH:
— water under the bridge.
But there’s a difference there. You said you’re no closer. You ruled out voting for Hillary Clinton. Are you ruling out voting for Donald Trump?
JOHN KASICH:
It’s very, very likely I will not.
CHUCK TODD:
Okay. You leave–
JOHN KASICH:
I’m not, I’m not.
CHUCK TODD:
— why do you leave the door unlocked?
JOHN KASICH:
Because it’s just too early to make, you know, a statement like that. But I’m just not doing it today on Meet the Press. I’ll do it when I want to do it.
CHUCK TODD:
No. I understand that. But so — But why shut the door on Hillary Clinton already and not shut the door on Donald Trump?
JOHN KASICH:
Well–
CHUCK TODD:
What is it about Donald Trump that says–
JOHN KASICH:
Because I’m a Republican.
CHUCK TODD:
–there’s a shot?
JOHN KASICH:
Because I’m a Republican.
CHUCK TODD:
It’s party loyalty?
JOHN KASICH:
Well, I mean, to some degree. But I’m Chuck —
CHUCK TODD:
There’s a time you said country first.
JOHN KASICH:
Look, it is country first. And I am unlikely to cast that vote. The chances are miniscule.
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