Subject: FW: TrackerBASE Report: PRES John Kasich Town Hall in Media, PA 4/21/2016
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Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 13:21:52 -0700

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Subject: TrackerBASE Report: PRES John Kasich Town Hall in Media, PA 4/21/2016

TO: PRES Tracking
FROM: Megan Wisdom, Josh Weil
Location: Pennsylvania State University - Brandywine Campus, Commons Building
Date: 4/21/2016

RE: John Kasich Town Hall in Media, PA
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Event Details:

John Kasich Town Hall in Media, PA - Pennsylvania State University - Brandywine Campus, Commons Building - 25 Yearsley Mill Rd, Media, PA. Clip A captured from https://pcntv.com/channel-6/. Clip B captured from abcnews.go.com/Live?stream=4.

Audience/attendees:

400

Press Details:

NBC, ABC, CBS

Summary of Event:

Governor Kasich stumped, answered questions from the audience, and held a press avail. He touched on military spending, budget, debt, jobs, education, drugs, race, foreign policy, immigration, RNC, and social security.

Key points:

Clip A - livestream part 1:

0:00 Kasich being introduced by Bob Asher

3:46 Kasich entering - thank you - wow - sit down - look at this, the 2011 team was undefeated? Raise your hand if you were on the team - i saw them over there - it was the women’s team? What do you do here? Oh assistant athletic director? So you’re a big penn state fan - my brother and sister went to penn state - i went to ohio state, yeah yeah - i remember chucky fusina at penn state, a good quarterback, he came to osu and beat us, oh mark nice to see you, he’s my doctor, he left us in columbus, are you coming back? He’s a humanitarian, he’ll show up at people’s home, he’s a dear friend

5:57 i grew up in pittsburgh, my father carried the mail on his back, and his father was a coal miner, and my grandfather died of black lung, lost his eyesight from working in the mine - cathy are you back again? She used to work with me in DC - it’s great to see you - my mother’s mother could barely speak english, i saw a picture of where my mother grew up - it was not luxurious, she was one of four children and only one to go to high school - family all blue collar and all democrats, place where people struggled  - my job was designed to stick up for people who didn’t have a voice, republican party is my vehicle, not my master, strength is where we live

7:55 we have a lot of challenges, see this here, when this number goes up, that’s the debt, the number of jobs goes down - when that number goes down the number of jobs goes up - bob runs a successful company - it’s been in the family for a long time, right bob? Any other small business people here - when you see those numbers go up how does that make you feel? This is a guy who says do i have 11, 12, or 13 [employees] - i heard trump was going to raise taxes on rich people - i don’t know who those people are - but it’s not going to make the debt go down and it’s not going to make you feel good

9:49 i was chairman of budget committee when we balanced the budget - my purpose is to be in  a position to create jobs for people so everyone has a chance to rise, the only person who tells me what to do is my wife - when i was growing up our hero was roberto clemente - my mother cried when he was killed in a plane crash - we didn’t wait for people for politicians to come in and help up - i went to my high school reunion and i was a congressman - guy walks up to me and says so you’re a congressman [stream cuts out - reloaded but stream not working - had to switch to another stream]

Clip B - livestream part 2:

0:00 the way to fix our country and revive the spirit of our country which isn’t that bad by the way, it rests in us, our families, neighborhoods, and communities, we’ve come to rely on government to fix our problems, we come to think we don’t matter that much, that we don’t have that much power, that we can’t change the world, we’re all made special, we all have a purpose, our job is to use those special gifts to fix the world, i’ve been seeing commercials for volunteers of america that says we get people to do things bigger than themselves - we have to rely on ourselves, maybe why we’re cynical is because politicians promise stuff but don’t deliver

2:00 you’re in this job to raise people’s lives, not to report to a party, if you’re not doing that then get out - we should demand that - you have a drug problem in your town, why don’t you fix it, what are you waiting for? Are you waiting for me to show up, do you think i’m going to fix it if i’m president? If you want to fix it you fix it here - you fix it in the schools, everyone should be telling young people that drugs will destroy their lives, let’s go into synagogues and churches, on the tennis court and in the classroom, just wipe it out, the government can make some rules

4:00 at the end of the day destroying drugs happens in media, PA - are you unhappy with your schools? Fix them. Do you have 40% of students who have to take remedial classes in college - are kids being prepared for economy of today and tomorrow? Well why don’t you fix them? Do we do that anymore? Are you worried about poverty and welfare? That’s not a hard one to fix either -if you really want to fix welfare you get people who own businesses in the welfare office and when someone comes in for welfare you train them for a job, when we take control again it will make a big difference - we have a mentoring program in OH - Cincinnati schools have 63% graduation rate but in one school we have business people go in and the graduation rate is 97%

6:24 i made this lady up but she actually exists, she was married for50 years but he dies, who calls her - no one - so you call her and say we’re going to dinner so she gets her hair done and when you pick her up she’s wearing a dress she hasn’t worn in 6 months - did you change the world? I think you did - we have to think about what we’re doing on this earth - i hope that 60% of what people say about me at my funeral is true

8:18 question on race relations - the cure to so many things is communication, i’m a republican, and you’re a democrat, we don’t even know what those terms mean, you’re wrong and i’m right and that’s the way it is, if you tell me something that makes sense then you’re not telling the truth am i right? You know what works is when we slow down and listen to each other and work together - we’ve seen racial unrest in large parts of the country - in OH the police chased this car and shot 147 times into the car and the people in it were unarmed, we had a 14 year old who was shot and killed and no indictment - controversy in both cases but no violence - why is that? The mayor, ministers, community organizers, and experts said people are listening, we’re going to move beyond this, 3 african american women came to see me and said we want a commission to study these issues - i said we’re not going to have a commission - they study for years and nothing gets done - why don’t we form a task force instead - let’s announce tomorrow - senator turner is co-chair - she and i haven’t agreed on anything except this - along with head of public safety formed a task force - worked with community leaders and experts - came out with 23 unanimous decisions including guidelines on use of force - we’re engaging in a program to put police and community together - we’ve made an effort to listen and also to believe this - it snows here - when you’re driving and you see a person in a ditch, you stand and give them a push out, of course if they’re there everyday then you drive past them - everyone ought to have a chance to rise - our recidivism rate is half the national average - minorities can participate in 15% of state contracts, reformed schools, if people aren’t happy there’s at least a sense that someone is listening - if i was president i would have had a national task force - we don’t know how to cure cancer but they’re making progress - remember we hang together - you know this is boring - i’m not yelling at someone or insulting someone

15:35 kid wants a picture - asks her why she’s not in school

16:30 question on national security - you always enjoy the easy questions, we’ll start with if you take all the people who work for pentagon and defense contractors, those are more than those who directly serve in armed services, isn’t that interesting - we know we need more in the army, and we know we have to spend more money on defense, but not waste money - sort of like health research, need to have more money spent on childhood health research, if you waste money it’s a terrible situation, have to fix that building so we get what we pay for, the pentagon is not the easiest organization to take into the 21st century, radical islam is biggest threat right now, head of the monster is ISIS - america needs to lead coalition of arab nations - what if american people don’t want to support getting into another war in the middle east - a leader needs to convince them and if you don’t then you go it alone, we need to destroy ISIS - when we win then we come home - the people there should figure out what the map looks like - when you do that you’ve dealt a big blow to the islamic extremists - you have to deal with this all over the world - the US has to bring the civilized world together across the globe - that means we have to have intelligence gathered across the globe - the turks found out about the brussels attacker and no one did anything - must be united in intelligence gathering and policing - we can know who is coming and who they are anywhere in the world - we have counterterrorism task forces that operate in all 50 states, their job is to disrupt these plots - you can read about them in court documents, they’re very good - they know how to look for things and disrupt - greatest threat here is homegrown terrorists and lone wolves - in SBCA the neighbor knew something was crazy but didn’t tell anyone - the father knew that this man was radicalized but didn’t do anything about it - need to make sure counterterrorism task forces are fully funded and have the tools they need without violating our rights as law-abiding americans - i would have had tech community and intelligence community in a room and say to them i’m going to lock the door and you’re not coming out until you fix this and tell us how we solve the problem, you do that and we’ll be in good shape - you have russia - we should be arming ukrainians and not lift sanctions on Russia - if they want to help fight terror that’s fine but no special treatment - then you have china - i served on defense committee for 18 years - gives you experience, knowledge, and temperament to do this - why would we want to pick a president who needs on-the-job training at a time when we need to defend ourselves internationally

26:49 question on being polarized populace - it’s a good question - right now we’re pretty polarized, there’s a lot of anxiety - the atlantic magazine has a story saying i’m middle class and i can’t find $400 to pay for an emergency - we were poor but i don’t remember us being angry - the anxieties are real, people feel ripped off - being fed by talk radio, talk television, and politicians who tell us how bad everything is and it makes us more angry - their answer is to knock all the pieces off the chessboard and that will fix everything - anger sells, but that’s not where we want to live is it? If people don’t want conflict in their families - we don’t want to fight - we want to figure out how to have peace - these problems can be solved - i fixed OH - no one expects it to be done in a day but we can lower taxes and debt and regulations - i spent 90 minutes in editorial board meeting at Washington post yesterday and they said Kasich doesn’t think the apocalypse is coming - people get paid on social media on the basis of clicks - gives woman mic to explain what a click is - she explains what a clique is - asks her what gets her to click on things - what if i say something controversial i get more clicks - we’ll get through this - Prince died today so that will get the most clicks today - sometimes these things are so inflammatory - i saw on talk television a story about a surfer in CA was on food stamps - how many surfers in CA are really on food stamps - you could probably fit them on a surfboard

33:41 question on military - i would call friends and tell them we have their back

34:03 question on education - i want to shift education back to the states - the most important things are mentoring programs, every child should have a mentor - mark’s mentor was his father, Kermit - everyone’s not like mark who has a father who is a doctor - some people comes from families that are broken, make sure education not done in a vacuum - in OH we have 170,000 job openings and no one is filling them - no one with skills - educate people for jobs of today and tomorrow and you can do that with simple computer work - i expect students to have academic advisors and help them graduate on time with the skills that are needed to get the job they want and if not i’m not giving you one dime for capital improvements - that’s a piece of cake - when people graduate they can’t get a job - **they have to give people skills so they are valuable as an employee and you want to talk about wages? Raise their wages when they have the skills** - i would rather learned how to program than spanish

38:05 guy thanks him for reminding us what we have to do locally - i say it all the time but it never gets reported - there has been one reporter who asked me about that - there will not be one word about that from washington post - i’m a pretty good guy, but your family is up to you more than it’s up to me - you have to deal with this don’t you? You’re important - you’re only 90 and you’re complaining - i don’t think the lord created a retirement plan, all of our lifetime there’s something we’re supposed to be doing to help others - who’s this? 95!? What’s that tell you about life expectancy - you drove here? I was with my uncle george who’s 90 and he walks 2 miles, he’s taken in a couple people who he helps - he’s going to wear a big crown in the next world

40:58 question on priorities - he may want to build a wall but i don’t think the mexicans are going to pay for it - i would put a freeze on all federal regulations except health and safety for 1 year - my VP would spend their time unravelling federal regulations - i’ve done all those things in OH - not all of them but some of them - reduce corporate tax rates - wouldn’t double tax them - let them write off the costs of investing - lower personal taxes - balanced budget - ship welfare, education, infrastructure, medicaid back to the states - save social security - means test it - finish and protect the border, guest worker program - legalization but no citizenship - travel around the world and talk and defense, reform defense, $100 billion dollars - i would call mothers of members of congress on their birthday

44:34 question on winning - i don’t know if you know this i won manhattan so i may run for mayor - we’re going to an open convention - delegates will consider who will win in the fall - i’m the only one who beats hillary - any vote for me is a vote for me, it’s not a vote for someone else - delegates will talk about who can actually be president - one time i took a math test and made an 83% and everyone did worse and i asked the teacher why i have a b i did better than everyone and he said an a is 90 - if you go to convention you can’t win with a plurality - 7 times when we went to convention we picked someone who didn’t have majority of votes - lincoln printed up phony ballots for delegates - we don’t worry about fall because i can get independents and blue collar voters - the dnc is trying to get me out of the race

48:01 question on social security - it’s not that complicated - if you’ve made money - we’re trying to come up with income limits - if you have income that’s been generous, you’re still going to get it - do you know what your social security would be? Is there anyone here on the cusp of retiring? You checked 3 days ago? Based on income - it’s all done on the basis of means testing and you have to make the numbers work, if you’re really dependent on it you’re going to get what you need - we don’t have the numbers yet - why are we in trouble for social security - some people think it’s because we borrowed from it - the problem is that the number of people who are retired is greater than the people who work - when people say we we don’t need to fix it they’re wrong - we need to work on having a more robust economy - need lifelong training - these jobs are changing - if we do all that things can get better - we will fix social security - easier to do it sooner rather than later - get all your friends and vote for me thank you.

Clip C - PRESSER:

1:09:17 Q: How important are PA’s delegates to you?

Kasich: They are all important.  I met with some earlier.

1:09:40 Q: Slated Delegate count?

Kasich: We are spending a lot of time talking to delegates.  Trying to win them over.  I don't run the show, I just show up where I am told.

Q: But you are at the top of the campaign.

Kasich: I am at the top of the campaign but I have people who work on strategy for convention. Moses was deciding every dispute in the community and his father in law told him to decide the big ones and let someone else decide the little ones.  When it comes to delegate hunting, I have people.  I have to focus on finance calls, town halls, tv appearances.  It is all about assigning people to do stuff.

1:11:00 q: any delegates who you know are voting for you?

Kasich: I won't release their names.

1:11:25 q: Cruz says he'll continue his campaign even despite it being mathematically impossible to get the magic number.  He has criticized you for doing that in the past.

Kasich: well he has no mathematical way to win before the convention so of course he now has this thought process. Everyone should focus on their own campaign.

1:12:05 Q: what have you down for black live matter?

Kasich: I spoke about what we have done and that we need to give everyone a chance to achieve their potential

Q: club for growth is running an ad about you and that a vote for you is a vote for trump. And how people need to think about your viability.

Kasich: it is my job to talk about what we can do to win in the fall and I am only one who can do that. If I don't have viability why is everyone afraid of me?

1:13:37 q: if trump gets popular vote, will it rip apart the party?

Kasich: Are you a fortune teller? How do you know it will rip apart the party?  I am waiting for a time where the pundits will actually be right in predicting things.

(Prince dying is tragic. I do not have a favorite song.)

Digitized File Label:

160421_MKW_115

Clip Labels:

160421_MKW_115_A - live stream capture part 1
160421_MKW_115_B - live stream capture part 2
160421_MKW_115_C - tracker footage