Former Ohio GOP Gov. John Kasich claims a “prominent” former Republican member of Congress plans to soon endorse Joe Biden.
Kasich, who ran against President Trump for the GOP nomination in 2016, told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Sunday that a member of Congress would be crossing the aisle to support the former vice president.
“Well, you’re gonna have a prominent congressman is gonna come out, and declare, let him do it, I think he’s gonna do it tomorrow,” Kasich said.
He later clarified that this Republican is no longer a lawmaker.
The former governor himself has endorsed Biden and is expected to speak during the opening night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday. He previously explained, in a CNN interview a week ago, his support for the presumptive Democratic nominee as one that came down to “conscience.”
“I had to search my conscience when the Democrats asked me to speak, I had to think about it, and I believe we need a new direction. We just can’t keep going the way that we’re going,” Kasich said when the convention lineup was unveiled. “It was necessary to do this, and I felt it’s the right thing to do.”
Kasich, who says he didn’t vote for Trump in 2016, maintains his conservative values and has responded to critics saying, “So I’m a conservative, and people are going to say, ‘Oh well, he’s really not,’ but yes, I have been.”
He also encouraged other Republicans to “take off your partisan hat and vote on the basis of what your conscience tells you about the future of your country, not just for yourself but for your kids as well.”
