Anti-Trump Kasich stuns MSNBC host by saying there's 'real possibility' Biden won't be candidate

Former Republican governor of Ohio and MSNBC political analyst John Kasich stunned host José Díaz-Balart on Friday by speculating that President Biden may not end up being the Democratic Party presidential nominee.

Kasich cited polling data, people’s feelings on the economy, the president’s poor public speaking events and his fear over upcoming presidential debates to say there’s a strong chance that the party will choose someone else to run against former President Trump.

"I’m starting to wonder that there’s a real possibility that Joe Biden will not be the Democrat nominee," Kasich declared, prompting Díaz-Balart to question where the former governor got the information.

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After noting that Trump is currently beating Biden in swing state polls, Kasich continued, "The fact that the economy is not turning, the fact that people are saying it’s a terrible economy for them, the fact that they’ve said they don’t have any confidence Joe Biden can fix it, his public appearances have not been very good, and now they’ve agreed to two debates, which is as out there as you can get."

He then proposed his hypothesis about Biden not getting the Democratic Party nod, to which the host asked, "Governor, where is this coming from?"

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Kasich insisted he based the statement on his conversations with "a lot of people" and the poll numbers.

"I see what these numbers are like, Jose," he said. "I mean, you had a poll, that Siena poll, [that] indicated last week, not only did they think he couldn’t fix the economy – and they put Trump way ahead of him – but they also