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John Kasich

John Kasich

John Kasich is the governor of Ohio. A Republican and a former congressman, he defeated Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland in 2010 and was reelected in 2014. He ran for president in 2016.

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Latest Fact-Checks By John Kasich

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John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on April 24, 2016 comments on "Face the Nation"
"After my first year as governor, I was one of the most unpopular governors, maybe the most unpopular governor in the country. ... It changed."  
True
By Nadia Pflaum • May 2, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 29, 2016 an interview
Ten times, no Republican candidate for president had enough delegates to claim the nomination before the party’s convention, and seven of those times "somebody who was not the leader of delegates was selected as the nominee of the party."
Mostly True
April 15, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on April 3, 2016 an interview
"There are no rules governing" the 2016 Republican convention, "the rules have not been set."  
Mostly True
April 8, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 20, 2016 an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press"
Says Donald "Trump got, you know, $1.8 billion worth of free media. I got, like, none."
Mostly True
By Joshua Gillin • March 20, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 14, 2016 comments at a town hall in North Canton, Ohio
"You know what Truman said, ‘You want a friend in Washington, buy a dog.’ "
False
By Nadia Pflaum • March 17, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 24, 2016 a Kasich for America ad, "Progress"
"As governor, Kasich delivered the largest tax cut in the nation."
Mostly False
By Nadia Pflaum • March 10, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 27, 2016 a television ad
"Twenty million Americans are out of work."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • March 9, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 3, 2016 a Republican presidential debate in Detroit
In head-to-head polls for the general election, "I beat Hillary Clinton by more than anybody, by 11 points."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • March 4, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 13, 2016 the Republican debate in Charleston, S.C.
"When Jeb (Bush) was governor, his first four years as governor, his Medicaid program grew twice as fast as mine."
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • February 15, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 29, 2016 comments on Fox News
Ohio’s credit rating is "as high as you can get, AA+."
False
By Nadia Pflaum • February 8, 2016
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on September 27, 2015 an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation"
"When I left Washington, we had a $5 trillion surplus."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • September 29, 2015
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 9, 2015 an interview with "This Week" host George Stephanopoulos
Says he was "one of the chief architects" of balancing the federal budget.
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • August 9, 2015
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on August 6, 2015 comments at a GOP debate in Cleveland
"I took the state of Ohio from an $8 billion hole … to a $2 billion surplus."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • August 7, 2015
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on January 25, 2015 comments on "Fox News Sunday"
"You cannot build a little guy up by tearing a big guy down -- Abraham Lincoln said it."  
Pants on Fire!
By Lauren Carroll • January 25, 2015
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 21, 2013 a television interview
"Right now, Texas doesn’t have an income tax and Oklahoma’s lowering their income tax rates, and guess what their severance tax is? Sky high."
True
By Robert Higgs • April 8, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 20, 2013 an interview televised March 22 on “State of Ohio”
Says that his transportation budget and Ohio Turnpike plan "would make sure we have lower tolls than we’ve had through the history of the turnpike."
Pants on Fire!
By Henry J. Gomez • April 8, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on March 15, 2013 a tweet
"Under Gov. Kasich, Ohio wages have increased by $10.3 billion."
True
By Tom Feran • March 21, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on February 4, 2013 a news conference
Without a Medicaid expansion, 275,000 more Ohioans could be getting their primary care in emergency rooms, costing "everybody a lot of money."
Mostly True
By Tom Feran • February 21, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 29, 2012 a news conference
Says "Detroit dumping a bunch of sewage" in Lake Erie "causes big problems" for Ohio.
Half-True
By Aaron Marshall • January 7, 2013
John Kasich
John Kasich
stated on November 29, 2012 a speech to the Ohio Farm Bureau
Agriculture "is the strongest industry in Ohio."
True
By Tom Feran • December 12, 2012
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Latest Fact-Checks About John Kasich

Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on August 13, 2018 a tweet
Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich is "very unpopular."
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By Amy Sherman • August 14, 2018
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on April 8, 2016 a Facebook post
Says Republican presidential candidate and Gov. John Kasich has spent 177 days out of state and used $350,000 in taxpayer money on his "costly campaign."
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By Nadia Pflaum • April 19, 2016
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
stated on April 3, 2016 ad paid for by campaign for Ted Cruz
Says a company that got tax breaks from the state later "laid off 100 Ohioans, even as its CEO cut a half-million-dollar check to Kasich’s super PAC."  
Mostly True
By Nadia Pflaum • April 12, 2016
Trusted Leadership PAC
Trusted Leadership PAC
stated on March 29, 2016 a Trusted Leadership PAC ad
"Millionaires working side by side with George Soros are bankrolling (John Kasich’s) super PAC."  
False
By Nadia Pflaum • April 4, 2016
American Future Fund
American Future Fund
stated on January 28, 2016 a campaign ad
"Kasich’s budget raised taxes by billions, hitting businesses hard and the middle class even harder."
False
By Nadia Pflaum • February 12, 2016
Carly Fiorina
Carly Fiorina
stated on February 6, 2016 a column posted on Medium.com
Says she "is 6th in hard dollars raised and has more cash on hand than Governors (John) Kasich and (Chris) Christie combined."
True
By Louis Jacobson • February 8, 2016
Donald Trump
Donald Trump
stated on October 28, 2015 comments during the CNBC debate.
Says Ohio Gov. John Kasich "got lucky with a thing called fracking," which "is why Ohio is doing well."
False
By Linda Qiu • November 2, 2015
Tom Letson
Tom Letson
stated on May 16, 2013 an emailed news release
Says Gov. John Kasich implied that a portion of workers’ compensation rebates to employers "should be directed back to him in the form of campaign cash."
Pants on Fire!
By Henry J. Gomez • June 7, 2013
Ed FitzGerald
Ed FitzGerald
stated on April 19, 2013 an email announcing his gubernatorial campaign kickoff
"Ohioans want an end to pay-to-play politics."
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By Henry J. Gomez • May 2, 2013
Chris Redfern
Chris Redfern
stated on August 11, 2012 a news release
"Paul Ryan got his start in politics, as a young staffer just out of college, working for then-Congressman John Kasich’s Budget Committee."
Half-True
By Henry J. Gomez • August 17, 2012
Ohio Democratic Party
Ohio Democratic Party
stated on June 3, 2012 a news release
Cuts in local government and school funding in John Kasich’s budget caused "many communities to seek school levies, local tax increases, layoffs."
Half-True
By Tom Feran • July 11, 2012
Armond Budish
Armond Budish
stated on May 14, 2011 a newspaper column
"Kasich’s budget increases state spending from $50.5 billion to $55.6 billion. This is the second largest, two-year spending increase in Ohio history."
Mostly True
By Reginald Fields • June 9, 2011
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on October 13, 2010 a campaign video
"Congressman Kasich wants to use our tax dollars to give secret bonuses to his corporate friends."
Pants on Fire!
By Tom Feran • October 28, 2010
Ted Strickland
Ted Strickland
stated on August 27, 2010 a campaign video
"Kasich’s trade deals cost Ohio thousands of jobs - 49,000 jobs to Mexico, 91,000 to China."
False
By Tom Feran • September 21, 2010
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