--- title: John Kasich: 'Two Paths' Forward in the 2016 Election description: In a speech at the Women's National Republican Club in Midtown Manhattan, John Kasich spoke about the 'vicious' attacks in the election. canonical: https://time.com/4290841/john-kasich-two-paths-forward/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-12T16:00:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T16:40:26.995Z article:section: Politics og:title: John Kasich Issues Warning to GOP About 'Two Paths' Forward in the Election og:description: He also spoke about the 'vicious' attacks between his rivals og:url: https://time.com/4290841/john-kasich-two-paths-forward/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd3d8947c92b73db/69888ec3a988cabd516b75fb/john-kasich-two-paths-speech-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Governor John Kasich Visits "Extra" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: John Kasich Issues Warning to GOP About 'Two Paths' Forward in the Election twitter:description: He also spoke about the 'vicious' attacks between his rivals twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd3d8947c92b73db/69888ec3a988cabd516b75fb/john-kasich-two-paths-speech-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # John Kasich Issues Warning to GOP About 'Two Paths' in Election by [Kailani Koenig / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Kailani Koenig / NBC News Apr 12, 2016 4:00 PM UTC  Republican Presidential Candidate, Governor John Kasich visits "Extra" at H&M Times Square on April 7, 2016 in New York City. Republican Presidential Candidate, Governor John Kasich visits "Extra" at H&M Times Square on April 7, 2016 in New York City.Slaven Vlasic—Extra/Getty Images by [Kailani Koenig / NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## Kailani Koenig / NBC News Apr 12, 2016 4:00 PM UTC Ohio Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday issued a stark warning for what he sees as the “two paths” forward for the country in the 2016 race, deriding the tone of the “vicious” attacks launched between his rivals and calling the election one of the most consequential in history. In remarks to the Women’s National Republican Club in Midtown Manhattan, the Republican presidential candidate warned against “the path that exploits anger, encourages resentment, turns fear into hatred and divides people,” according to a draft of prepared remarks from his campaign. “This path solves nothing, demeans our history, weakens our country and cheapens… [_Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/laying-out-two-paths-kasich-issues-stark-warning-gop-n554656?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4290841/john-kasich-two-paths-forward/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4290841/john-kasich-two-paths-forward/"},"headline":"John Kasich Issues Warning to GOP About 'Two Paths' in Election","datePublished":"2016-04-12T16:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:40:26.995Z","description":"He also spoke about the 'vicious' attacks between his rivals","url":"https://time.com/4290841/john-kasich-two-paths-forward/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd3d8947c92b73db/69888ec3a988cabd516b75fb/john-kasich-two-paths-speech-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Kailani Koenig / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd3d8947c92b73db/69888ec3a988cabd516b75fb/john-kasich-two-paths-speech-new-york.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Governor John Kasich Visits \"Extra\"","caption":"Republican Presidential Candidate, Governor John Kasich visits \"Extra\" at H&M Times Square on April 7, 2016 in New York City.","creditText":"Slaven Vlasic—Extra/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4290841/john-kasich-two-paths-forward/","name":"John Kasich Issues Warning to GOP About 'Two Paths' in Election"}}]}] ```