Imagine this, a Republican is calling Donald Trump out for the divisive words he has used over the last 24 hours. Statements like this one:
A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News. It has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond description. Mainstream Media must clean up its act, FAST!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 25, 2018
In reaction to that John Kasich said he is finished giving Trump the benefit of the doubt:
“I didn’t endorse Donald Trump, and in fact, didn’t vote for him for president, as you know. And I was also concerned but was hopeful perhaps he could get to the point where he could unite the country. I’ve now become convinced, absent a Damascus road experience. I have become convinced he’s not capable of this. He is not capable of being the unifier. In fact, I have become convinced that he doesn’t know how to accept personal responsibility, and always finds somebody else to blame.”
“I think… all three of us here, know that when you get into a place, and a crowd gets revved up, there’s also somebody on the edge that might do something very stupid. And we now have a heightened sense of threats and panic, and the caravan’s coming and they’re going to be in your home and all this stuff. And you rev people up and what happens? Somebody out there who is unstable does something crazy. And that’s what i think we’re seeing here.”
Kasich also hinted he may challenge Trump in 2020:
“I don’t have an idaea of what I’m going do for this reason. Right now, I have a voice. It’s by the grace of god I’ve earned the voice. I don’t want it to be diminished… One way or another, I’m not going to go away. Do I have to be an elected office or run as a politician to have a voice? I‘m not convinced of that. But we’ll see. All options are on the table.”
Watch what else he said above.