Ohio Gov. John Kasich, normally known for his even-keeled demeanor, lost his temper Saturday when asked how he could keep saying he could win against Democrat Hillary Clinton if he’s only won his home state’s primary.
In video of the exchange posted online, Kasich tells a thick scrum of reporters: “Listen, at the end of the day, I think the Republican Party wants to pick somebody who actually can win in the fall.”
But a reporter, identified by The Week as Financial Times journalist Demetri Sevastopulo, interjected to ask, “But if you’ve only won Ohio –”
“Can I finish?” Kasich said to the reporter.
“If you answer the question,” he replied.
“I’m answering the question the way I want to answer it,” Kasich fired back. “You want to answer it?”
The governor then snatched the reporter’s voice recorder out of his hand to ask “What do you think?”
Sevastopulo replied he thought the governor should answer the question.
Watch the exchange, via Financial Times’ Ben Marino on Twitter:
John Kasich responds angrily to @DimiSevastopulo‘s question on winning only 1 state in Republican race pic.twitter.com/MWAZbTrP6D
— Ben Marino (@benmarinojourno) April 18, 2016
h/t The Week
