Skip to content
Subscriber Only
Politics

John Kasich Walks Back Staffer's Trump Tweet

His chief strategist had likened the real estate magnate to a drunk driver.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit April 18, 2015 in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at the First in the Nation Republican Leadership Summit April 18, 2015 in Nashua, New Hampshire.

Photo by Darren McCollester/Getty Images
Ali Elkin

Republican presidential candidate John Kasich doesn't like talking about his rival Donald Trump, and he's not too keen on his staffers snarking on him either.

In an appearance on Fox News Sunday, the Ohio governor rebuked senior staffer John Weaver for a much-discussed Twitter post that compared Trump to a drunk driver.