John Kasich in CNN-Telemundo debate in Texas
On Civil Rights:
Pray for customers with whom you disagree, but sell to them
If you're in the business of selling things, if you're not going to sell to somebody you don't agree with, OK, today I'm not going to sell to somebody who's gay, and tomorrow maybe I won't sell to somebody who's divorced. If you're in the business of
commerce, conduct commerce. That's my view. And if you don't agree with their lifestyle, say a prayer for them when they leave and hope they change their behavior.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
On Foreign Policy:
I have a longer track record with Israel than any candidate
CRUZ: Donald and Hillary want to be neutral between Israel and the Palestinians. If I'm president, America will stand unapologetically with Israel.
The notion of neutrality is based upon the left buying into moral relativism that is pitched in the media. It is not equivalent.
When you have terrorists murdering innocent women and children, they are not equivalent to the IDF officers protecting Israel. TRUMP: I have a great relationship with Israel. If I could bring peace, that would be a fantastic.
It would be one of my greatest achievements as president.
KASICH: I've been a strong supporter of Israel longer than anybody on this stage.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
On Foreign Policy:
Chinese are best way to calm down North Korea
We should be intercepting the ships that are leaving North Korea. Secondly, the same goes with the aircraft. Thirdly, we need to slap even tougher sanctions on North Korea. We ought to talk about arming South Korea and Japan with ballistic missile
technology. The Chinese are the best way to calm that regime down and get them in a position of where they back off.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
On Government Reform:
My judicial appointments are solid conservatives
I've appointed over a hundred judges as governor. I even appointed a judge to the Ohio Supreme Court. And you know what they are? They're conservatives.
Go check it out. They are conservatives. They don't make the law. They interpret the law. That's all they do. And they stick by the Constitution. So I will do that.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
On Health Care:
Give financial incentive for low cost & good outcomes
I would repeal ObamaCare. I would take some of the federal resources, combine it with the freed-up Medicaid program, which I would send back to the states, and cover the working poor. We are going to make payments to physicians and hospitals
who deliver healthcare with great quality at low prices. If you think about your own deductibles, they're going higher and higher. At some point, people can't afford it. Our plan will work. It uses the market.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
On Homeland Security:
$100B more to rebuild the military, with Pentagon reforms
KASICH: I would love to see regime change in North Korea. We have to be firm, and we've got to unite people in that part of the world to stand firmly against North Korea, and make sure we have the ballistic missile technology to defend ourselves.
TRUMP: We can no longer defend all of these countries, Japan, Germany, South Korea. You order televisions, you order almost anything, you're getting it from these countries. They are making a fortune. We defend all of these countries for peanuts.
You talk about budgets. We have to start getting reimbursed for taking care of the military services for all of these countries.
KASICH: We're in agreement that the Japanese need to do more. We're in agreement that the Europeans need to do more.
But, at the same time, we have to rebuild the military. I have a balanced budget plan that cuts taxes, reforms regulations, but also builds the military, puts a $100 billion dollars more in defense.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
On Principles & Values:
America's great, and you can shoot for the stars
My father carried mail, and his father was a coal miner, and my mother's mother was an immigrant, could barely speak English. And I'm standing on this stage. There's a lot of young people watching tonight. You can do whatever you want to do.
America is an amazing country, where a kid like me can grow up to run for president of the United States. To all the young people that are out there, your hopes, your dreams, pursue them. Shoot for the stars. America's great, and you can do it.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
On War & Peace:
Arm the Ukrainians and fight ISIS in Syria, Libya
Libya didn't go down because there was a people's revolution. Hillary Clinton, Samantha Power and other people convinced the president to undermine Gadhafi. They undermined him, and they have created a cesspool in Libya.
We have ISIS in Syria, and we have ISIS in Iraq. Because this administration has not had a strong foreign policy, one of us is going to inherit a mess and we're going to have to work our way out of it, including the need to arm the Ukrainians.
Source: 2016 CNN-Telemundo Republican debate on eve of Texas primary
Feb 25, 2016
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