While Donald Trump can say or do anything and still rise in the polls, Ohio Gov. John Kasich may have made an unforgivable gaffe: eating pizza with a fork.
Kasich, who says his name “rhymes with basic,” stopped at a Gino’s Pizzeria while campaigning in Howard Beach, New York. While surrounded by numerous reporters, he decided to reach for a fork instead of getting his hands dirty like a real American.
And instead of apologizing for this incredibly anti-American act, Kasich doubled down.
Yesterday on Good Morning America, he pulled a Trump — refusing to apologize and defending his error. He told them, “Look, look, the pizza came scalding hot, okay? And so I use a little fork … You know what? My wife who is on spring break with my daughters said, ‘I’m proud of you. You finally learned how to use a utensil properly.'”
The pizza was hot, so he used a fork? How does a fork make the pizza cooler?
As the food website Grub Street epically explains:
“But you don’t reach for a fork. You wait. Or you kinda blow on it a little to help cool it off. Or, if you’re a real pro, you eat it and do that thing where you sort of suck in the air to cool it off retroactively. Or act like a true leader and just toughen up and brace yourself for the worst, bravely advancing your cause even though you know the outcome won’t be as ideal as you may have hoped.”
Instead of showing presidential bravery, he caved and used a fork.
If Trump wasn’t a fork-using pizza-eater himself, he would say this incident is “Sad!” But, despite Trump being a New Yorker, he also uses a fork when eating pizza.
Our recommendation? Sen. Ted Cruz should stop by a pizza shop today, grab a huge slice, and eat it like a real American. Get pizza sauce on his face. Get greasy.
This move may be the bump Cruz would need to finally secure the nomination. If policy isn’t working to beat Trump and Kasich, try pizza.
