by nolan d. mccaskill 10/19/16 09:26 am edt donald trump<u+2019>s claims of a rigged election against him are nothing but a gag, john kasich said wednesday, dismissing the republican presidential nominee's accusations as a <u+201c>big, fat joke.<u+201d> the ohio governor wrote off trump<u+2019>s unsubstantiated allegations that the presidential election is rigged as a silly but dangerous claim that<u+2019>s about as ridiculous as the notion that the u.s. never landed on the moon. story continued below <u+201c>no!<u+201d> kasich said emphatically when asked on <u+201c>cbs this morning<u+201d> if the election is rigged. <u+201c>look, to say that elections are rigged and all these votes are stolen, that<u+2019>s like saying we never landed on the moon, frankly. that<u+2019>s how silly it is,<u+201d> added kasich, who noted that his first statewide election was <u+201c>extremely close.<u+201d> but it<u+2019>s also dangerous rhetoric, he argued. <u+201c>i don<u+2019>t think that<u+2019>s good for our country, for our democracy, and i don't believe that we have any massive fraud,<u+201d> kasich said. <u+201c>one of my great friends here is the head of the board of elections. we don<u+2019>t have that. that<u+2019>s just a silly argument. the problem is it does create doubt in people<u+2019>s minds, and i worry about 25 percent of americans who may say when an election is over, it was stolen. that is a big, fat joke.<u+201d> kasich reiterated that he will vote for neither trump nor hillary clinton in november but joked that charlie rose or norah o<u+2019>donnell could end up on his ballot. <u+201c>i don<u+2019>t know what i<u+2019>m gonna do yet,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>i might write your name in, charlie. no, i think norah.<u+201d> by michael grunwald by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz
kasich: rigged election claims are like saying we never landed on the moon - politico
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