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An old John Kasich troll of Donald Trump gets new life

Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum on Tuesday in Cleveland, during the second day of the Republican convention. AP/Alex Brandon

Credit: Jim Galloway

Credit: Jim Galloway

Ohio Gov. John Kasich speaks at the The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum on Tuesday in Cleveland, during the second day of the Republican convention. AP/Alex Brandon
By Jim Galloway
July 28, 2016

Thanks to Donald Trump's invitation to Russia, asking that country to do some cyber-investigation into Hillary Clinton's emails, an old John Kasich hit on the now-GOP presidential candidate is getting some re-circulation.

One day after Trump's remarks this YouTube video is being passed around again:

Kasich staffers say the video was produced last December, and that they've done nothing to promote it since. But they haven't taken it down, either.

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Jim Galloway, the newspaper’s former political columnist, was a writer and editor at the AJC for four decades.

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