| − | :''John Kasich was [[Conservative of the Year 2011|Conservative of the Year]] in 2011. | + | :''John Kasich was [[Conservative of the Year 2011|Conservative of the Year]] in 2011, but in 2021 was stripped of his award due to a multi-year pattern of [[RINO]]-like political positions that included boycotting the 2016 Republican National Convention in his own State of [[Ohio]]''. |
| | '''John Richard Kasich''' (rhymes with "basic") (born May 13, 1952, in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania) is an out-of-touch GOP [[establishment]] elite<ref>McGhee, Kaylee (July 3, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/john-kasich-is-right-the-gop-is-a-much-different-party-under-trump John Kasich is right: The GOP is a much different party under Trump]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 3, 2019.</ref> and was the [[RINO]] Governor of [[Ohio]] from 2011 to 2019. Kasich served as the [[Republican]] U.S. Representative from [[Ohio]]'s 12th congressional district from 1983 through 2001 and was chairman of the House Budget Committee in the 1990s. He was a political ally of [[Speaker of the House]] [[Newt Gingrich]] and chief architect of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Kasich went on to host the Ohio-based ''Heartland with John Kasich'' on the [[Fox News Channel]]. John Kasich won [[Conservative of the Year 2011]], but became a textbook example of a politician turning [[liberal]] while in office, as seen in, among other issues, his policies toward labor unions.<ref>Hart, Jason (January 14, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/john-kasich-exits-stage-left John Kasich exits stage left]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 14, 2019.</ref> | | '''John Richard Kasich''' (rhymes with "basic") (born May 13, 1952, in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania) is an out-of-touch GOP [[establishment]] elite<ref>McGhee, Kaylee (July 3, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/john-kasich-is-right-the-gop-is-a-much-different-party-under-trump John Kasich is right: The GOP is a much different party under Trump]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved July 3, 2019.</ref> and was the [[RINO]] Governor of [[Ohio]] from 2011 to 2019. Kasich served as the [[Republican]] U.S. Representative from [[Ohio]]'s 12th congressional district from 1983 through 2001 and was chairman of the House Budget Committee in the 1990s. He was a political ally of [[Speaker of the House]] [[Newt Gingrich]] and chief architect of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. Kasich went on to host the Ohio-based ''Heartland with John Kasich'' on the [[Fox News Channel]]. John Kasich won [[Conservative of the Year 2011]], but became a textbook example of a politician turning [[liberal]] while in office, as seen in, among other issues, his policies toward labor unions.<ref>Hart, Jason (January 14, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/john-kasich-exits-stage-left John Kasich exits stage left]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved January 14, 2019.</ref> |