When Mitt Romney unleashed a column chastising President Donald Trump, John Kasich — like Romney, a Republican who has never warmed to Trump and is viewed as a potentially disruptive primary challenger in 2020 — welcomed the new Utah senator “to the fray.”
But Kasich, who next week will leave elected office after two terms as Ohio’s governor, told BuzzFeed News in an interview this week that he never actually read Romney’s missive.
“Not much,” Kasich replied when asked for his thoughts on the piece, in which Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, criticized Trump’s character and vowed to be a voice for civility, much like Kasich has done since losing the 2016 Republican nomination to Trump.
“What did I think about it? I didn’t read it,” Kasich added. “I heard about it.”
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