Speaking at a town hall event in Fairfax, Virginia, on Monday, the Republican presidential candidate attracted criticism over a comment he made about women. Reflecting on his election to the state legislature at the age of 26, Kasich said many women ‘left their kitchens’ to campaign for him. He went on to acknowledge that society is different now, but the comment prompted a woman in the audience to assert that she would ‘come to support you, but I won’t be coming out of the kitchen’