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Kasich Apologizes for Saying Women “Left Their Kitchens” to Back Him

HeadlineFeb 23, 2016

Another Republican candidate, Ohio Governor John Kasich, has raised eyebrows over his comments on how women helped him get elected to the Ohio state Senate in 1978.

Gov. John Kasich: “We just got an army of people who—and many women who left their kitchens to go out and go door to door and to put yard signs up for me, all the way back, when, you know, things were different. Now you call homes, and everybody’s out working. But at that time, early days, it was an army of the—of the women that really helped me to get elected to the state Senate.”

Kasich later apologized. His remarks Monday came a day after he signed legislation blocking funds to Planned Parenthood. We’ll have more on Kasich’s anti-choice record with former Ohio state Senator Nina Turner after headlines.

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