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Kasich: GOP's 'Stupid Promise' To Get Rid Of Health Law In 2014 'A Big Joke'

The Republican presidential candidate said the conservatives angered the base because they couldn't fulfill their vow to repeal the Affordable Care Act, a promise they should not have made in the first place because Barack Obama was president.

Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) says the GOP erred by pledging it would repeal ObamaCare during the 2014 midterm elections. 鈥淵ou鈥檝e been supporting conservative candidates, [and] in 2014 they told you that they were going to repeal ObamaCare,鈥 he said on 鈥淭he Jay Weber Show,鈥 as first reported by BuzzFeed. 鈥淒o you realize that that鈥檚 just a big joke?鈥 the GOP presidential candidate asked. "It got all these conservatives stirred up and angry because they didn鈥檛 keep their word. I mean, what a stupid promise. The base of the party is furious because you didn鈥檛 repeal ObamaCare. How are you going to repeal ObamaCare when Obama鈥檚 president?鈥 Kasich also argued that his political experience renders him capable of achieving real results on issues such as healthcare reform. (Hensch, 3/30)

Kasich鈥檚 decision to expand Medicaid under Obamacare in Ohio, which he has mainly defended on moral grounds, has earned him criticism from conservatives. The Ohio Gov. was arguing to Wisconsin radio host Jay Weber that he was the Republican presidential candidate best positioned to win the general election when he made the comments. (Massie, 3/30)

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