Holier than thou Governor John Kasich
In telling the story, Kasich, who took office on Jan. 10, three times referred to the Columbus police officer who ticketed him as an idiot as seen in this video:
... Kasich stills himself and bellows, "He's an idiot! We just can't act that way. What people resent are people who are in the government who don't treat the client with respect."
A leading police group responded to the governor's comments on Wednesday, hours after the video surfaced.
"Police officers in Ohio already do difficult and dangerous work, so it doesn't help when the governor calls an officer doing his job and protecting the public an 'idiot,' " said Ohio Fraternal Order of Police president Jay McDonald.
"I never thought I'd see the day when a governor of this great state would call a police officer an 'idiot' for simply doing his job," said Ohio Democratic Party chairman Chris Redfern. "Even worse, he wants to eliminate the right of law enforcement workers to collectively bargain to provide a better life for their families."
Redfern said Kasich's behavior is unbecoming of a governor and that "he should immediately apologize to all law enforcement officers for disparaging the work they do on behalf of the people of Ohio."
But Kasich isn't apologizing.
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