“Throughout my campaign I’ve said the Lord may have another goal for me. ‘Does that mean he’s not committed or he’s not focused or he’s not energetic?’ It showed to some degree how little they understand about life”, said Kasich. It has been a mystery to me, other than to say that I like to think that they have think they’ve been a part of something bigger than themselves.
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And when it was all said and done, a Kasich campaign staffer announced the press conference wouldn’t even be held, perhaps a sign that Kasich would be dropping out of the race in his home state.
He added that “some missed his message”, as “it wasn’t sexy” and “wasn’t a good soundbite”.
But as late as last night Kasich’s chief spokesman, John Weaver, was still insisting his candidate wasn’t about to quit.
A day after Ted Cruz ended his presidential campaign, John Kasich will do the same. Cruz won 37 percent and Kasich, 7 percent. He thanked his wife Karen first, saying, among other things, that she’s “charismatic” and then thanked his daughters.
Kasich, 63, also implored lawmakers to “do their job” in order to achieve economic growth.
“The people of our country changed me”, Kasich said. “And they came to these town halls, which were absolutely magic”. Gov. Kasich looks forward to continuing to compete with Donald Trump in the upcoming primaries through California on June 7th. Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus tweeted Tuesday night he considered Trump the “presumptive nominee”, indicating the party would gather behind the controversial billionaire in an attempt to beat likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
The Ohio Republican said he remains confident in God’s guidance despite the failure of his presidential bid.
Kasich’s exit also represents the fading of the last glimmer of hope for the so-called “Never Trump” contingent of GOP leaders, who now are left with the choice of falling in line behind their party’s inevitable nominee – potentially sitting out at least the next four years of government – or potentially even supporting Clinton.
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The decision marks a major turn-around from the stance that the campaign took Tuesday evening, when it released a memo reading: “Gov. Kasich will remain in the race unless a candidate reaches 1,237 bound delegates before the Convention”.
