UGH: #NeverTrump RINOs Want to Save the CAGOP (Really)

The California Republican Party has been in freefall because our state party is no longer registering voters.

We no longer have top-tier elected officials representing the party and helping to raise money.

We are not winning because Democrats have been gaming the system with voter fraud and rampant mass migration, legal and illegal.

We as California citizens can do so much better than this.

So much better.

John Kasich is an embittered Never-Trumper who simply doesn't understand that we don't want him.

He wanted to open up the borders to illegal aliens. He would have no problem seeing people put into jail cells because they did not want to bake a cake for a gay wedding. He wants to talk about gun control, and he keeps coasting on his one primary victory in his home state.

Yet through all of that, he insisted in staying in the race as much as possible. What is wrong with this guy?

As for Arnold Schwarz-a-housekeeper, who really cares what he thinks? Why do we want that guy to be telling Republicans anything about winning elections? This guy gave up and went Democrat with the rest of the state legislature when he could not get the initiatives passed that he wanted to pass.

Schwarzenegger, Kasich to team up in L.A. for group seekingto reform California GOP

Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ohio Gov. John Kasich will headline an event to debut a new group seeking to reform the California Republican Party.

Reform? The Republican Party needs to resurrect its values in the state of California. The culture of the state is falling away from rampant illegal immigration, but these elitist RINOs with no connection to reality want to double-down on some of the perverse, left-wing principles of the Democrats.

We need a conservative populism which offers not just ideas but solutions to make them happen. 

The pair will deliver speeches and participate in panels on March 21 in Los Angeles at an event for New Way California, a group formed by Assemblyman Chad Mayes (R-Yucca Valley).

Cheating Chad will be there, too? The same fool who pushed Cap and Betrayal onto the state of California is going to talk about making Republicans great again in California? Well, actually not even that, since Cheating Chad, much like Ahh-nold, broke their vows to their wives as well as the state.

Flabby RINO Arnold!

“They will be focused on reminding the Republican Party we need them to be successful, but in order to be successful, they need to choose policies and messaging that helps them grow rather than continue to shrink,” said Daniel Ketchell, a spokesman for Schwarzenegger.

Part of the messaging is NOT raising taxes and the costs of doing business in the state of California. Yet that is precisely what Republicans did in Sacramento when they colluded with Democrats to push Cap and Trade renewal, while throwing a lifeline to vulnerable Democrats. That was not just a bad deal, it was profoundly immoral and dishonest.

Cheating Chad should have been forced to resign for that betrayal, not just lose his minority leader status.

The former California governor, one of the last Republicans to win statewide election, has been lamenting the party’s decline for years. In 2007, he famously made a speech about the state party “dying at the box office.”

We are dying at the box office because the main attraction turned into a flop. Ahh-nold was a glowing RINO more interested in playing nice with the California Teachers Association

Since then, the GOP’s share of voter registration in California has slipped to 26%.

Where is the registration? Why isn't anyone hustling to grant Republicans a better share of the vote? Why do we see the national committee members not getting out there and making the case that we need them

Kasich shares Schwarzenegger’s concerns, advisor John Weaver said.

Kasich and Schwarz-y just want to sit at the Kool Kidz' Table. They want the media to fawn all over them while the continue to bash Trump and the conservative populist agenda which he has ushered into the country.

“He believes the Republican Party should be positive and inclusive and expansive, as opposed to the narrow cast that it has been nationally, and in California particularly, for some time,” Weaver said. “What has happened with tone and on immigration clearly over the last decade, longer, has put the party back, and now the party, by and large, is run by people who would rather be leaders in a phone booth and are not inclusive enough and not positive enough to win a statewide election.”

How has the GOP become narrow? Where is the lack of inclusion? All this talk about diversity and inclusion is not based on any kind of principles. Republican elected officials need to stick to their guns on serious issues and make things happen.

“He has concerns about that because what happens in California is a precursor to what happens nationally,” Weaver said.

Not anymore. California has become the anti-example as more states are shifting toward pro-growth policies which put Americans First, which bring back trade, commerce, education, and public safety.

Kasich, who has been a fierce critic of President Trump since his unsuccessful presidential bid in 2016, has toured the nation calling for civility and bipartisanship in politics, and is reportedly considering another presidential run.

UGH. Again, Kasich is not interested in fixing anything. He just wants to make himself the center of attention. He doesn't care about anyone but himself.

Schwarzenegger and Kasich are also longtime friends, a relationship forged in part by Schwarzenegger holding his Arnold Classic bodybuilding competition in Ohio. Schwarzenegger previously endorsed and raised money for Kasich, and has called on him to run for president in 2020.

Oh brother. Kasich is this arrogant and this delusional. Go home, Kasich. Please, just go home!

Schwarzenegger sits on the board of Mayes’ political action group, which was formed after the assemblyman was forced from his GOP leadership post for joining with Democrats to extend the state’s cap-and-trade program. The group is expected to organize a super PAC for this year’s elections.

Cheating Chad will do anything he can to save his bacon. He threw his family under the bus. He cares more about making money and feeling like a corporate big shot who gets to sit at Governor Brown's feet and make nice.

Final Reflection

This is a joke on so many levels, that I don't even know where to finish.

Chad Mayes wants to talk about taking the California Republican Party in a new direction? He has been taking it in one clear direction: downwards. We are dying at the box office, precisely because Republicans are not acting as a strong, royal opposition to the illiberal lunacy of the California Democratic Party, which has gone so far to the left, one wonders when they will just make themselves a satellite of Maoist China.

Thumbs down on RINOs!

Cheating Chad and Arnold Schwarz-a-housekeeper have so much in common. They are unfaithful to their wives, to the voters, and to the state in which they have served as representatives. They are spineless RINOs who have no business running as Republicans anymore, since they are more interested in being liked by liberal loony legislators than doing what is right for California taxpayers.

This is a disaster for all of us. We need men of conviction and integrity who want to win, and win big, We need people who will not run away from the media but confront their biases and their anti-American disdain for individual citizens and their liberties.

Most of all, we need to see more people stepping up to fight against the political corruption on both sides of the aisle, as Big Business, Big Labor, and Big La Raza continue to line their pockets at our expense. Haven't we had enough in California?

John Kasich and Arnold need to go away. They are waste of time and breath, a disincentive to all who want to fight to Make California Great Again.

Letter to the Editor Re: "Insufferable Kasich"

From Canada Free Press readers, for the article I wrote about "Insufferable" John Kasich, who can't seem to take a hint that no one wants him anymore.

Yet he still plays coy about running for President in 2020 against Donald Trump ...

From: Paul Bush <p---------------.com>

Subject: Re: Insufferable: John Kasich Running for President in 2020?

Date: May 1, 2017 at 1:58:38 PM EDT

To: Cfp Letters <letters@canadafreepress.com>

Great article Mr. Schaper. 

You do know he's over at the Chicago Institute of Politics today giving a speech of some kind. Axelrod is the Director. He fits right in. Wondering if he's jawboning with the Axle Rod. 

The You Tube is a window to Kasich's soul. He's a complete phony.  A normal person would apologize. He's subnormal. This behavior is typical of the left. No shame. Even when confronted with hard rock evidence. Hillary has these same attributes. And it doesn't bother him. No guilt, no shame! 

I'll give President Trump a lot of latitude.  The President not only has to deal with the lying left and their MSM echo chambers but must work with many in his own party who are lower than life itself. 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z0oQ9rEZEA

Je suis déplorable

John Kasich for President in 2020? Please Go Away, RINO Johnnie!

John Kasich.

The governor of Ohio has to sign off on conservative reforms because of a hard-core, supermajority Republican legislature.

As Presidential contender, all he wanted to do was make nice and preach hollow niceties all while abandoning conservative principles and pushing a smarmy liberalism that taxes us into oblivion and forcing higher spending.

Give me a break.

Check out this report from Kyle Plantz of the New Hampshire Insider:

2020 Presidential Rumors Abound With John Kasich Back in NH.But Is It Too Early?

The flurry of activity in the Granite State this week has some calling it the start of the 2020 New Hampshire primary. Former Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley held some meet-and-greets and a town hall meeting on Sunday, and former Vice President Joe Biden is headlining the state Democratic Party’s fundraising dinner on April 30. Smack dab in the middle of the two Democrats is Republican Gov. John Kasich, who visited the state on Thursday to promote his new book.

It felt like a reunion of sorts for Kasich, his team, and over 200 supporters who came to hear him speak at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College. In a small gathering before his speech, he thanked key allies for their help during the 2016 Republican presidential primary. Even though Kasich was in the state in August to campaign for Gov. Chris Sununu in his gubernatorial bid, it’s his first foray back to New Hampshire since Trump won the White House.

John Kasich is now the anti-Trump Establishment favorite.

They can control him, they know that he will make nice and play along with special interests, including the Chamber of Commerce Main Street Crowd.

He wants to grant amnesty to 11 million illegal aliens. He has already jumped in bed with the Big Green renewable energy lobby, which is more government subsidy than energy independence.

And he's the outgoing governor of Ohio, the swing state which old-timey Republican operatives still see as the swing of all swing states, and the lynchpin for any future national efforts.

He also lasted slightly longer than Ted Cruz, whom the Republican Establishment loathed just as much as Trump.

Of course, there was an elephant in the room (and not just because the room was chock full of Republicans): is Kasich going to run for president again in 2020? Those waiting with bated breath will have to wait a bit longer.

“People ask why I am back,” Kasich said. “I am back to sell books.”

Selling books? Romney played the same game shortly after his losing 2008 bid for the Presidency. In 2012, he had tried to tack a similar line and failed. The working-class white vote which Trump scooped up and won with did not turn out for Romney.

The Evangelical vote also sat out the election.

Remember that the Chamber of Commerice, Big Business phalanx of the Republican Party wanted Romney and also wanted Jeb in 2016, then switched to Kasich, who in turn complied with their demands for cheaper labor and corporate cronyism.

His new book, “Two Paths: America Divided or United,” came out on Tuesday and one of his first stops in his book tour was New Hampshire, so it’s easy to see where the 2020 speculation comes from.

He mostly talked about his 2016 campaign and national politics, with some advice to his followers who are unhappy with President Donald Trump.

“In course of running for president, something happened to me that never happened before,” he said. “I was, like, so boring, you know, and boring didn’t cut it.”

Kasich finished second in last year’s first-in-the-nation presidential primary, far behind Trump (35 percent to 16 percent). Yet, Kasich spent more time in the state than any other candidate, holding more than 100 town halls during the primary.

Still for all of that work, Kasich came up short.

100 town halls, and he barely edged into second place, and kept other candidates at bay against Donald Trump. It's not surprise, since Kasich was out of touch with the desires of the Republican base as well as the growing concerns of the general American electorate. Would Kasich have had any kind of chance of winning Pennsylvania? Wisconsin?

Nope. He did not respect the guns and the Bibles of the same Middle America which Obama had scorned two months before Election Day 2008.

Now he wants to sell books. Lets see what the sales turn out to be ...

Kasich is still popular in the Granite State, and he said he had a feeling he would return often because he has many friends here, so he could become a regular face in these parts over the next three years.

What about this book?

Breitbart reports on one section of his campaign fundraiser:

In Two Paths: America Divided or United, Kasich blamed Trump’s electoral win on groups ranging from the media to dishonest politicians, but he also said one of the main reasons Trump won was because of the spiritual decline in America.

Excuse me?

This coming from the same guy who said "I am past the gay marriage issue," who believed in the freedom of worship (restricting freedom of conscience) and incarceration of bakers and florists who don't want to assist the celebration of same-sex weddings.

For the record, the Evangelical vote exceeded by a wide margin the 2008 and the 2012 elections. Christian voters saw the damage done by the secularizing Obama Administration, and the imminent threats to the First Amendment. The wide phalanx of voters confronted the stark contrast and feared the worst should Wicked Hillary become President.

They voted their Bible. They demonstrated true religious fervor in voting for Trump.

Yet Kasich slams America's voters as suffers of moral decline.

Kasich the man is insufferable.

So much so, that national Republican officials have declared that they want nothing more to do with that selfish Ohio Governor. I don't blame them. Kasich is a "me-player" not a team player.

He's an insufferable liberal masuerading as a Republican. He shames conservatives and moderates with this religious veneer, while at the same time agreeing that freedom of conscience is not a right worth fighting for.

Whatever he may have done in Ohio, much of it rests on a conservative legislature which passed key bills to stop waste, fraud, and union abuse. For all ofhis well-placed attempts in the first two years of his tenure, he caved on too many issues afterwards. His influence in the Ohio state party has also waned, as his favorite to head the state party lost to Donald Trump's pick.

Honestly, though, a Kasich run may be just the thing to thoroughly demoralize the Big Business/Big Amnesty/Make Nice wing of the Republican National Committee.

Wouldn't that be great?

Ohio Has a GOP Trifecta, But Not Right-To-Work: Why?

Indiana, Wisconsin, West Virginia and very soon Kentucky are right-to-work states

They all surround Ohio, a GOP stronghold where Republicans have a supermajority in the state legislature as well as a popular Republican governor.

Yet this state is an island of forced unionism surrounded by workplace liberty.

Why?

It goes back to 2010.

John Kasich ran for Governor against Ted Strickland (the same candidate who epically failed to win the US Senate seat against seasoned, prepared Robert Portman).

In fact, Kasich rode the Tea Party wave and wiped out incumbent Ted Strickland!

It was a close win, though, 1%, or a difference of 76,000 votes out of 4 million cast.

Still, it was an incredible turn of fortune for Ohio Republicans.

The Ohio legislature flipped, too, but by a bare margin.

Republicans gained 13 seats for a strong majority in the House of Representatives.

In the state senate, Republicans added two seats to their majority.

Why not make the most of  it? Besides, Kasich had Presidential ambitions even then, and this sudden victory could turn into massive reforms, which would further butrtess his bid for President down the line.

Walker had Act 10, which finally passed out of Madison in March, 2011.

At the same time, the Ohio legislature pushed through SB 5, which was signed into law March 31, 2011.

Despite the general goal of labor reforms, the two union bills could not have been more different.

PJ Media reports:

But Kasich overreached and made one strategic blunder after another. For starters, all the reforms were offered in one massive bill instead of as individual pieces of legislation. And unlike Scott Walker's union reforms in Wisconsin, Kasich's reforms included police and firefighters, which put the bill on shaky ground from the day it was introduced.

Other facts about Walker's push for Act 10:

1. He spent time explaining the reforms to the Wisconsin public before pushing for them.

2. Wisconsin Democrats fled to Illinois in order to prevent a quorum. It was bad publicity for the Democratic Party.

3. Labor unions were not just demonstrating, but members were getting illegal sick notes to skip work and protest. They were trashing the state capital, too. More bad publicity.

4. Walker tried to work out a compromise budget fix, but the Democrats rejected it. He looked reasonable, while the minority Democrats were fanatical and out-of-touch.

Speaking on the legislation issues alone, Kasich's bill did go too far. Going after police and fire is a risky business at best. Public safety officers get hefty pensions and benefits, but public sentiment is strongly in their favor. Walker also feared illegal strikes which would have further imperiled the state--and even the state legislators!

What else about Kasich's attempt at right-to-work and collective bargaining reforms foretold nothing but trouble?

PJ Media continued:

But the bill went much further, mandating merit pay, banning strikes, and curtailing the collective bargaining rights for public employees. It also required that they pay a percentage of their health insurance and pension benefits. 

Walker's reforms did not touch on banning strikes--that would have been a steep demand, no matter what anyone says about labor unions. Merit pay? That was too much too fast.

Walker had intended to pass budget reforms with the collective bargaining reforms. Ironically, the Democratic Party's decision to bolt the state house and prevent a uorum forced Walker to split the bills and pass the reforms without the budget revisions.

And they passed.

Kasich did too much, and misread the mandate he and his legislature had received.

Add to that a widespread voter phalanx which backed repeal, and the labor reforms went up in smoke.

Today, Right-to-work is not on Kasich's agenda, but the Republicans control a supermajority. 

Will they have the courage to try right-to-work again? Will they be able to stand together if Governor Kasich vetoes the legislation?

At the beginning of 2016, Rep. John Becker (R-Union Township) submitted a public sector right-to-work bill.

Why did Cleveland.com predict that the legislation would go nowhere?

• ·         Voters wholeheartedly rejected 2011's Senate Bill 5, an attempt to curtail collective bargaining rights.
• ·         Since then, Gov. John Kasich has repeatedly said right-to-work is not on his agenda nor needed in Ohio.
• ·         A right-to-work bill targeting private employers was introduced in October and has only had an initial hearing.
• ·         Lawmakers won't have an opportunity to take up the bill until the House returns after the November election. The two-year legislative session will likely end in mid-December, and any bills that don't clear both chambers die.
• ·         Passing a new bill, especially a controversial policy change such as right-to-work, in a few short weeks would be Herculean task requiring support from legislative leaders. Senate President Keith Faber, a Celina Republican, effectively killed right-to-work legislation last General Assembly when he refused to take up the bills

The union stronghold in Ohio has gotten stronger since 2011.

They are keenly aware of what Republican trifectas can accomplish. They are ready for anything this time,

Kasich's initial gable fell through, and with it any lasting reforms to solve budget and pensions issues.

On the other hand, Republicans are standing strong in union country. Will it get to a point where Democrats will have to push similar reforms in order to be competitive in future elections?

What Defines Conservatism in the South Bay

The South Bay of Los Angeles County has a distinct political culture.

No doubt its changing, but the dynamics which define political behavior and identity in the district are still worth noting,

I am a member of the pro-immigration enforcement group "We the People Rising."

They have been committed Trump supporters from early on,

Yet in the Beach Cities Republicans, the love for Trump has not been that strong.

Earlier in the year, Gary Aminoff, the Los Angeles County chairman for the Cruz campaign, rallied support for the Texas Senator.

Most of the people in the room supported Cruz.

A handful of people supported Kasich.

The only people in the room who backed Trump were members of We the People Rising who had come as guests.

This outcome reminded me of the political make-up of the Republican Party and the conservative movement in general in the South Bay.

The region does not have the temperamental populist/nationalist disposition of Trump supporters.

Three issues propelled the New York Real Estate tycoon to the GOP Nomination:

1. Illegal immigration
2. Bad trade deals/one-sided globalism
3. National security/public safety

In the South Bay, illegal immigration is not as keenly felt. There are illegals, but they do not compete with South residents or jobs. Engineers, civil servants, and wealthy businessmen live in this area. A large population of kids who have inherited their homes from their parents.

Some wealthy socialites rely on illegal immigrant workers, no doubt! The aerospace industry features largely in the region, but does not feel the unjust, undue influence of illegal aliens competing for jobs.

Not a great deal of movement in the region, since the South Bay has great weather, a great atmosphere, and a welcoming stability.

Industrial challenges from the global market place do not hurt many parts of the area, either. Torrance, California prides itself as a balanced city, based on retail, commercial development, real estate, industry, as well as other business investments.

Granted, Toyota corporation is moving to Texas, but much of that is due to the skyrocketing cost of housing in the area. People will not sell their homes, the state will not allow contractors to build homes.

As for national security. Despite the disturbing crime rises throughout the state, the South Bay is a relatively insular region. Murders are non-existent in Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, and Torrance. There is serious gang activity in the Harbor Gateway, but even there, the crime rates are negligible compared to South Los Angeles.

For the most part, though, those who live in the South Bay can afford to live here, and they do not fear the cluttered challenges which face them.

So, what defines conservatism in the South Bay?

First, there are the fiscally conservative, socially liberal types.

Limousine liberals, or champagne socialists, live in the Beach Cities, I was talking to some Republican leaders who marveled at Senator Majority Mitch McConnell's leadership in the U.S. Senate. As a hard-core partisan, I have found him to be a spiteful get-along type.

Their biggest concern? He helped keep the tax rates as low as possible.

Trump's big issues are not big issues in the South Bay

A libertarian to liberal-leaning cultural outlook permeates this group. They want little conflict, they just want to see Washington DC get things done. Corporate welfare is a considerable feature, too, since aerospace industries have relied on the Ex-Im Bank to entice foreign investment to the region. Hence, the Kasich supporters. Most Democrats I have met in the South Bay will also describe themselves as "fiscally conservative, socially liberal", as well some well-placed Independents and Republicans.

One of the main leaders of "Fiscal Issues Only" conservatism lives in the area, too. This brand wants to avoid touchy conflicts, and try to accommodate differences rather than create conflict, which explains why a distinct number of Republicans were supporting Ohio Governor John Kasich.

Besides fiscal conservatives, there are the religious social conservatives. This group helps explain Cruz' wider-spread popularity in the region. There were plenty of more liberal-leaning Republicans who supported Ted Cruz, too, but either because he was a dedicated constitutionalist, or because he was the only Republican left who could win who was not named "Donald Trump."

Even Cruz had a veneer of elitism about himself, though. A white-collar conservative with pro-life and pro-family views seemed like the perfect fit to sway diffident Republican voters in the South Bay.

Then he dropped out of the race after Indiana.

So, the Republican Party straddles two very distinct, and not-so-harmonious elements of the conservative movement.

And Democrats have taken advantage of this divide for years.

The South Bay used to have a distinct surfer-dude "Live and Let Live" flair.

Now, high-powered liberals are moving in from Los Angeles, and edging out the limited government leave-me-be mentality for government interventionism, all under the guise of Environmentalism. The limousine liberalism, which means more money for the few through deepened political connections, is taking over the South Bay.

Since when did wealth become married to a progressive agenda?

With this political movement burgeoning in the region, reconciling religious conservatives with the more "fiscal only" types will become more challenging.

One has to wonder how all of this will bear out in November, with Donald Trump at the top of the ticket.

Let Me Tell You What the Hell is Going On, Kasich!

"I have good conservative friends of mine, in Torrance and throughout the country.

They are registered Republicans. They fight the good fight, both in their local cities and for their stat and federal officers, too.

Some of them are Kasich fans.

You know what? That’s fine. I am not a liberal loony totalitarian. They are allowed to stand by their views—however wrong they may be!—and I can fight for mine.

So, with no reserve whatsoever, I will answer a question from John Kasich:

"What the hell are we doing in this country?"

Why did Kasich ask this question? Or rather, shout this surprising, shocking query?

He was talking about the recent passage of Mississippi’s HB 1523, legislation which would allow public servants and private businesses not to participate in certain activities which violate their deeply held religious beliefs.

What has happened in this country, that governments have to codify in clear language the rights outlined in our Constitution?

Let’s review.

According to the protections in the new Mississippi law, if a baker or any other business owner does not accept or agree with same-sex marriage, he would not be forced by the government to bake a cake and participate in that activity. Same holds true for photographers, florists, and the like. A free market is defined by freedom (Go figure!) Proprietors shouldn’t be forced to provide services which they find objectionable. This is America: Land of the Free, Home of the Brave.

The governor of Mississippi, Phil Bryant, described in painstaking detail what this legislation did and did not do. The Daily Signal offered him a free platform to explain the law. This reform protects Christians from discrimination. Homosexuals who wanted to buy a birthday cake could still purchase an item without fear of reprisal or rejection because of their status.

Now, this movement to protect individual liberty and freedom of conscience should not shock anyone. Our country was founded by dissidents seeking to follow their conscience in peace, without fear of retribution from the government.

And yet Kasich found this restoration of individual liberty incomprehensible and unconscionable. One wonders if “President Kasich” will take his oath of office seriously on inauguration day. Then again, Kasich is operating under Common Core math, convinced that his abortive presidential campaign can eke out a brokered convention in his favor, despite having so few delegates that 100% victory in every remaining primary won’t help him, and fewer delegates to bargain for anything come July.

 

 

But Kasich has not stopped there.

He has routinely derided the fight for religious liberty in this country. “I’ve moved on,” he shrugged during one debate. On Face the Nation this past weekend, he wagged his hand in desperate frustration: “Why do we have to write a law every time we turn around in this country. Can’t we figure out just how to get along a little bit better and respect one another?”

If it were only that easy, Johnnie Boy! But from the bakers in Oregon to the farm owners in New York state, and the County Clerk in Kentucky forced into a jail cell over her beliefs, it is evident that a militant homosexual agenda is not respecting the rights and views of a key constituency in this country: Christians, conservatives, and just about anyone else who does not believe that marriage can be redefined outside of one man and one woman.

Forget his disputes over freedom of conscience. He even tosses aside the alarming concerns many communities—many states!—have over the encroaching transgenderism agenda.

Leaving off the Mississippi law, Kasich criticized North Carolina’s “groundbreaking legislation” (placed in quotes because it’s really common sense), which ensures that men go into the men’s room only, that women can go into restrooms for women only, and no one has to wonder if someone of the opposite sex is peeping (or video recording) them. Of course, Kasich was not raising alarm over the fact that government entities are treating gender dysphoria as a different identity, instead of a run-of-the-mill mental disorder. The governor of Ohio was taking offense at the North Carolina legislature! He even admitted that he would not sign similar legislation in his state.

Indeed, I have to ask the same question as Kasich: “What the hell is going on in this country?”

Why do legislatures have to explain basic biology and enforce clear demarcations in public facilities? Why do several states have to defy (through legal channels) the encroachment of the close-minded progressives in our federal government and universities?

Why do we have one presidential candidate committed to not facing the reality that the culture wars have just gotten more conflicted, and we need leadership to restore the full meaning of life, liberty, and limited government?

That’s what the hell is going on, Kasich. Get with it, or get out!