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Sixers fire back at GOP presidential candidate John Kasich

MANCHESTER, N.H. - The 76ers fired back at Republican presidential candidate John Kasich moments after he made light of their talent level Friday morning.

Kasich, Ohio's governor, told a small town hall here in Manchester than he saw the Sixers at his hotel Friday morning.

“How did I know who they were?” he asked. “They were really tall, okay.”

The town hall meeting was for a business-focused crowd, and Kasich spoke of the important of having job skills. Then he poked fun at the Sixers basketball skill.

“The reason why some of them make a lot of money is because they have skills,” he said of the team that lost 127 games the past two seasons.