{"id":230750,"date":"2020-09-15T10:42:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T15:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=230750"},"modified":"2020-09-15T21:36:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T02:36:56","slug":"john-kasich-pro-lifers-beliefs-sake-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/john-kasich-pro-lifers-beliefs-sake-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"John Kasich: Pro-lifers should set aside their pro-life beliefs for the sake of unity"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Former GOP presidential candidate and past Ohio Governor John Kasich appeared on &#8220;The View&#8221; this week, speaking with Meghan McCain about his belief that it is time for pro-lifers to set aside their pro-life beliefs for the sake of societal unity.<\/p>\n<p>The exchange, which begins at approximately 4:10 in the following video, began with McCain discussing her reluctance to vote for candidates who do not share her pro-life beliefs.\u00a0&#8220;You\u2019re pro-life, and I know that. You were pro-life in politics, as am I,&#8221; McCain said. &#8220;It\u2019s a big part of who I am and my platform, and I don\u2019t think taxpayers should be funding abortions for women who are as pregnant as I am right now. How would you push back against a voter like me who\u2019s concerned about things like this in a possible Biden-Harris administration?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zLruy2BCwO8\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kasich responded, &#8220;I disagree with Joe Biden in a number of areas. I don\u2019t like some of what he&#8217;s talking about in capital gains taxes. But the issues here are dwarfed, in my opinion, by the fact that he\u2019s a person that can pull us together,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So do I think that if he wins, that all of a sudden, all these things are going to happen that are negative? No, I don\u2019t believe that at all because that\u2019s not his character. That is not who he is.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/kasich-allows-planned-parenthood-to-keep-performing-illegal-abortions-in-ohio\/\">Kasich allows Planned Parenthood to keep performing illegal abortions in Ohio<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kasich then continued by invoking Biden&#8217;s notoriously close relationship with McCain&#8217;s father, the late John McCain, who passed away in 2018 after a battle with brain cancer. &#8220;As you know, your father and Joe were great friends,&#8221; Kasich said. &#8220;Why? Not because they agreed on everything, but they could find common ground. So do I think we\u2019re going to end up in some cataclysmic place if he wins? I don\u2019t, but I do believe four more years of this division is wrecking the very soul of our country, and we continue down this path, I don\u2019t know how we come back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In his response, Kasich essentially equated disagreement on something such as &#8220;capital gains taxes&#8221; to disagreement about the grave human rights violation of <em>killing human beings in the womb<\/em>, calling both &#8220;issues [that] are dwarfed&#8221; by a perceived need to &#8220;pull us together.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Live Action founder and President Lila Rose vehemently disagreed with Kasich&#8217;s statement on Twitter:<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is no way to \u201cpull us together\u201d when your candidate supports the slaughter of preborn children Period.<\/p>\n<p>What a disgrace. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnKasich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JohnKasich<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K5jsQeScca\">https:\/\/t.co\/K5jsQeScca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LilaGraceRose\/status\/1305255447918641153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Kasich&#8217;s comments are likely unsurprising to many pro-lifers. Though he claims to be pro-life, he has frequently set aside his own espoused pro-life convictions. In 2019, Kasich stepped down as governor of Ohio, and one of his final acts was to <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/ohio-kasich-vetoes-heartbeat-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">veto a bill<\/a> banning abortion after a preborn child&#8217;s heartbeat can be detected. In fact, he vetoed the &#8216;heartbeat bill&#8217; not once, but twice, while he signed a ban on D&amp;E abortions in the state. Kasich also <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/kasich-allows-planned-parenthood-to-keep-performing-illegal-abortions-in-ohio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">granted Planned Parenthood a waiver<\/a>, allowing a Cincinnati facility to commit abortions despite not having a hospital transfer agreement as required by state law.<\/p>\n<p>Kasich also previously complained that he feels some politicians (in particular, Republicans)\u00a0&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/kasich-abortion-important-focus-much\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">focus too much<\/a>&#8221; on the legalized killing of preborn children through abortion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a> for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former GOP presidential candidate and past Ohio Governor John Kasich appeared on &#8220;The View&#8221; this week, speaking with Meghan McCain about his belief that it is time for pro-lifers to set aside their pro-life beliefs for the sake of societal unity. 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