TRUE COLORS: John Kasich Calls Donald Trump ‘Toxic’ in Wake of Chicago Protests. [archive]

“Donald Trump has created a toxic environment, a toxic environment that has allowed his supporters and those who sometimes seek confrontation to come together in violence,” Mr. Kasich said here. “There is no place for this. There is no place for a national leader to prey on the fears of people who live in our great country.”

Asked if he could still back Mr. Trump should he win the GOP nomination, Mr. Kasich said: “It makes it extremely difficult.”

Related: Conservatives align with Black Lives Matter in rush to find blame for Chicago protests. [archive] “The truly dismaying part of last nights social media onslaught was the sight of #tcot [“top conservatives on Twitter”] conservative thought leaders gleefully joining ranks with the supporters of MoveOn, Black Lives Matter and Bernie Sanders’ operatives for the sake of blaming Donald Trump.”

Also related, from August 2015: John Kasich: I’ve led on Black Lives Matter issues. [archive] Did his pandering pay off? An article from this month suggests otherwise: Black lives don’t seem to matter to John Kasich: His disgraceful position on Flint crisis proves why the movement’s so crucial. [archive]