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Asked whether he would comment on the possibility of Donald Trump being the GOP nominee helping the Democrats, John Kasich demurred. Kasich: I'm 'too busy' to worry about Trump comments

John Kasich was "too busy" to concern himself with the details of Donald Trump's past inflammatory statements, the governor of Ohio said Tuesday.

During an interview on CNN's "The Lead with Jake Tapper," Kasich responded to a question about remarks he made earlier in the day in which he said he was "very concerned" about things Trump has said about women, as portrayed in an ad from Our Principles PAC that he said he saw Monday.

While telling Tapper that he did a "fine job" as debate moderator, Kasich said he did not pay "a lot of attention" to the details of questions and remarks that Trump made during those events. Kasich also said he directed his press team to provide him with a list of "all of [Trump's] quotes at rallies" after protests forced the cancellation of his Chicago event last Friday.

"And you know, I just didn’t know the extent of them, to tell you the truth. I’m too busy doing what I need to do," Kasich said. "And then this commercial, you know, which I just saw yesterday, I was not aware of all this. It’s deeply disturbing. I mean it really is. This is not what we would expect out of a leader of our country.”

Asked whether he would comment on the possibility of Trump being the GOP nominee helping the Democrats, Kasich demurred.

“Jake, today is Election Day in Ohio, I’ve said everything that I want to say about Mr. Trump," he said. "Today is Ohio, tomorrow is another day. The sun will come up, and I’ll have more to say whenever I’m prepared to say more.”