Well, at least he didn't try to come up with some humorous anecdote about his great great grandfather and his favorite house slave.
Actually, I think his handlers expected this. I think that this was done to beef up his credit with the "I'm not a racist" racist crowd in the GOP. Having the NAACP boo you is a backwards endorsement.
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