Mike Pence booed for calling John Kasich a "great governor"
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence called Ohio Governor John Kasich a "great governor" at a campaign rally in Cambridge, Ohio on Wednesday -- and the crowd responded with boos.
Kasich, a former Republican presidential candidate, has withheld his endorsement from Trump and is a frequent critic of the mogul.
"Nothing of what Donald Trump's laid out.... none of that's theoretical, because I can honestly tell you as he always tells me to do, it's not hypothetical, it's real," Pence promised about Trump's proposed economic reforms.
He cited Kasich's Ohio as an example, " I mean, you've seen it here in Ohio, where you've got a great governor in John Kasich and a great legislature that's been cutting taxes and growing jobs. "
The crowd promptly booed, but an unfazed Pence just continued with his speech.
Kasich and Trump have had a contentious relationship. Earlier in July, Trump threatened to fund super PACs going after Kasich and Ted Cruz. For his part, the Ohio Governor has declined to endorse Trump and was a no show at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.
Pence and the Trump campaign have good reason to make amends with Kasich, who controls much of the statewide GOP apparatus given in Ohio. During the primary, the Ohio GOP was one of the few state parties that made a decision to endorse a candidate, in this case Kasich.
During his two stop swing through Ohio, Pence waded into other races, blasting Democratic Senate candidate Ted Strickland for saying Justice Antonin Scalia's death was "good timing" for labor unions. Strickland later apologized.
The Indiana governor slammed those comments as "callous" using it as an opportunity to tout the importance of a Republican president selecting Supreme Court Justices and as a chance to plug Strickland's rival, Senator Rob Portman.
At campaign rallies in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina, Pence has made an effort to compliment incumbent Republicans running for reelection, including those who have distanced themselves from Trump, like Portman and Pennsylvania Senator Pat Toomey.