John Kasich said women 'left their kitchens' to get him elected in the '70s

Speaking to a crowd at George Mason University on Monday, Republican presidential hopeful John Kasich credited his early supporters in a less than flattering way. He described getting elected to the Ohio Senate in 1978 thusly:

"How did I get elected? I didn't have anybody for me," Kasich said. "We just got an army of people — many women who left their kitchens to go out and go door-to-door and put yard signs up for me."

Later on in the event, a woman preceded her question for the Ohio governor with some sharp words.

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"First off, I want to say your comment earlier about 'the women came out of the kitchen' to support you — I'll come to support you, but I won't be coming out of the kitchen," she said.

Watch the shutdown below. Julie Kliegman