On September 16 of this year, Ohio Governor and former Republican presidential candidate John Kasich said a few words about political partisanship at a White House press conference regarding the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership). With the political divide that currently exists in the United States, it was very refreshing to see and hear a politician like John express his concerns. Here's what he said:

I want to say something that concerns me. We had an article today in The Wall Street Journal. I get reactions like, well, you're a Republican, why are you supporting something that the President wants? We cannot get to the point in America that because a Democrat wants something that you happen to agree with, you can't agree with him. There's plenty of things that I disagree with President Obama on. But the idea that I'm a Republican and, therefore, I can't work with Democrats; or you're a Democrat, and you can't work with Republicans -- how does anybody think that the issues of debt, Social Security, Medicare, health care, any of these issues are going to be resolved when we spend all of our time fighting with one another?

You see, I don't recognize this town much anymore. Because now it's become so much about politics. And when politics is the order of the day, and partisanship trumps country, we drift. We drift as a nation. And I'm extremely concerned about what I see. This is a moment for people to begin to reverse that, to think deep inside of themselves about what matters when it comes to public service.

Source:

Office of the Press Secretary. (September 16, 2016). "Press Briefing by Press Secretary Josh Earnest; Mayor Kasim Reed of Atlanta, GA; and Governor John Kasich of Ohio". whitehouse.gov. Retrieved 2016-10-20.

Watch and listen to John talk here.