Republican presidential candidate and Ohio Gov. John Kasich reportedly told a female student at the University of Richmond Monday that he was sure she was invited “to all the parties,” according to the college student newspaper.
During a town hall campaign stop at the college campus, Kasich reportedly told a female student with a laugh, “I’m sorry, I don’t have any Taylor Swift tickets” when she “was nearly jumping out of her seat to get noticed,” The Collegian reported.
At another point, he told another female student, “I’m sure you get invited to all
of the parties,” according to the college paper.
Several 2016 hopefuls have made offensive comments about women including Republican candidate Donald Trump who said Fox News host Megyn Kelly looked like she had blood “coming out of her wherever” when she asked about his derogatory comments about women, and Republican candidate and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee who said before he launched his campaign that female presidential candidates should be treated with “a sense of a pedestal.”
And at the last GOP debate, some criticized that the candidates only referenced their female family members, not significant women in history, in response to the question of who should appear on the $10 bill.
I don’t think this was just an issue of sexism, although I’m pretty sure he wouldn’t have made that stupid reference to Taylor Swift to a male student. It’s also the insufferable smugness some older people have towards young adults (yes, full disclosure; I’m an old broad, I’ve seen it in my “peers”). While I’m pretty sure that Kasich (and ANY Rethug) isn’t getting the youth vote anytime soon, to talk down to potential voters like this is really not a good plan of action.
Hey, aren’t you a model?
This guy.
I’m not sure what the news is here. Yeah, it’s generally sexist and demeaning, but that is pretty much required by the GOP platform.
At what point did he drop his mic and walk off stage?