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Where do you line up with John Kasich on the issues? Take The Kasich Quiz! Forced ObamaCare Expansion in Ohio. Voted for massive defense cuts and defended the process that closed Pease Air Force Base, which cost thousands of local jobs. Even had the worst rating on spending of any governor in the country - Republican or Democrat. John Kasich: Wrong on New Hampshire issues. Right to Rise USA is responsible for the content of this message.
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Super PAC
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Kasich
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Airing widely in New Hampshire in the lead up to the primary, this ad criticizing John Kasich is sponsored by Right to Rise, the super PAC supporting Jeb Bush. PolitiFact rates as "half true" the claim in the ad that Kasich has "the worst rating on spending of any governor in the country, Republican or Democrat."

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01/21/2016 UTC
Last Aired On
02/03/2016 UTC
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Does John Kasich have 'worst rating on spending of any governor in the country'?
February 2, 2016

The 30-second ad makes a number of claims, but we decided to focus on one surrounding spending. The ad claims Kasich had "the worst rating on spending of any governor in the country, Republican or Democrat."

That’s a potentially devastating claim, especially since Kasich is selling the economic turnaround in Ohio as part of his presidential resume. It in large part hinges on Kasich’s decision to expand Medicaid in the state as part of President Barack Obama’s health care law.
...We rate the claim Half True.

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