Unrelatable to voters? John Kasich ate pizza using a fork
Look, this country is divided — like, more than ever. But if there's one final thing on which we can all agree, it's this: Pizza is awesome.
(Also: If you don't like pizza, please leave America. Get out. We don't want your negativity.)
So it seemed a safe bet when John Kasich tried to connect with voters by grabbing a slice at Gino’s Pizzeria in Queens on Wednesday. Everyone loves pizza. It's non-partisan. What could go wrong?
John Kasich ate pizza with a fork, that's what went wrong. And everyone is freaking out about it.
The Ohio governor somehow managed to alienate everyone amid the universally beloved act of eating pizza. It's almost impressive. You kind of have to respect, it right?
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As with any politician's scandal, Kasich had to answer to the media.
"Look, look, the pizza came scalding hot, OK? And so I use a little fork," Kasich told Good Morning America today.
"You know what? My wife who is on spring break with my daughters, you know what she said? ’I'm proud of you. You finally learned how to use a utensil properly.’ But I mean, look: Not only did I eat the pizza, I had the hot sausage. It was fantastic."
"And so I use a little fork."
Kasich's crisis communications team had all night to spin this, and that's what they came up with.
To Kasich's credit, photo evidence proves he did also eat pizza that day using his hands, like everyday Americans.
Is it a same-day flip flop, just like Donald Trump's back-and-forth stances on abortion Wednesday? Sure. But it seems Kasich saw the light.
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