you didn t just say that they would be proud. it is the same spirit, dana, i think i m not sure how provoking of a discussion picking on some fringe comment in the context of a broader context that i was offering it in a speech. all riekght you just said th your comment was and again he s comparing a black democratic kogcongresswom to the kkk. he also is arguing that affirmative action programs are to blame for the racist violence that we see in this country. and that is just not bourne out by the facts. and this will put different candidates that will handle the issues of race and about mass shootings differently. governor ron desantis is now back there if florida. he issued a statement last night. he said he s talking about the
murdered people, and they raped people. that was wrong. that was obviously wrong. again. if you want to have an intellect a intellectall discussion do you think comparing her to the grand wizard and the notion of what she said to being a modern leader of the kkk was maybe a step too far or you stand by what you said? i stand by what i said to provoke an open and honest discussion in this country because there is a gap, dana, between what people will say in private today and what they will say in public. i think we need to close that gap. i think we need to have real, open, honest, raw conversation as americans. that is our path to national unity, and there are many americans today who are deeply frustrated by the new culture of racism that s really racism i don t think that s probing a discussion we need to have that debate in the open. i m not sure picking on some fringe