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"She's trying to win, so she's fighting Bernie. You know, and we know Bernie. Bernie's spinnin' out there around Pluto somewhere," John Kasich said of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. | AP Photo Kasich: 'Bernie's spinnin' out there around Pluto somewhere'

For John Kasich, Bernie Sanders is out of this world. But not in the best way.

Appearing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" remotely from Lansing, Michigan, the Ohio governor and Republican presidential candidate speculated on why Hillary Clinton might have called for the resignation of Gov. Rick Snyder over the ongoing Flint water crisis.

"She's trying to win, so she's fighting Bernie. You know, and we know Bernie. Bernie's spinnin' out there around Pluto somewhere," Kasich said.

Kasich, who was Sanders' congressional colleague for a decade, remarked of the Vermont senator, "That's the way he's always been."

"People are interested in Pluto, I guess," Kasich said matter-of-factly. "But he's not going anywhere."