The New York Times followed around Ohio Gov. John Kasich in New Hampshire Tuesday and oddly opened Wednesday’s recounting of the day by detailing his use of a five-year-old girl as a political prop.
The piece begins by mentioning Kasich’s bewilderment — “the kind of surprise that only a politician can summon over three dozen people eating lunch” — upon walking into the Red Arrow Diner.
Reporter Matt Flegenheimer then explained how he began talking to a young girl named Sophia Bauer, “whose name [Kasich] seemed to hear as ‘Sylvia.’”
“How old are you?” the governor asked before tickling her. “Five? Are you going to be in first grade? Do you have a dog? Oh, really?”
Kasich reportedly led Sophia over to a camera and pointed out how “cool” it was before calling her “Sylvia” one final time and banishing her “back to [her] mom.” – READ MORE
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