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President. on the campaign trail you called yourself a nationalist. some people saw that as emboldening white nationalists. >> i don't know why you'd say that. it's a racist question. >> reporter: some people say the republican party is seen as supporting white nationalists because of your rhetoric. what do you make of that? >> i don't know. why do i have my highest poll numbers ever with african americans. among the highest poll numbers with african americans? i mean, why do i have my highest poll numbers? that's such a racest question. honestly, i mean, i know you have it written down and yo...

Matter. and you made an interesting point, if i had said about the basketball, when i asked barak obama in the super bowl interview, i said, are you a football guy? do you follow football? i was immediately branded a racist by media matters because i was saying -- i was asking him whether he followed football or not. how am i supposed to know? that was a racist question. but it's so -- i don't know why, why this conversation happens to center around a man's color at all ever. i don't think it should. he should be elected or defeated based on his record. that's! >> every reasonable person agree...

Matter. and you made an interesting point, if i had said about the basketball, when i asked barak obama in the super bowl interview, i said, are you a football guy? do you follow football? i was immediately branded a racist by media matters because i was saying -- i was asking him whether he followed football or not. how am i supposed to know? that was a racist question. but it's so -- i don't know why, why this conversation happens to center around a man's color at all ever. i don't think it should. he should be elected or defeated based on his record. that's! >> every reasonable person agree...

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Well, the data according to this study suggests that tea partiers are 25% more likely to be racially resentful than the rest of the population. what does that say to you? >> yeah, well, first of all, i know one of the questions was posed as to -- if blacks were to work harder, they would be more successful, to me, that's common sense. i don't see that as being biased or racist at all. >> the way they passioned what they questioned. >> 73% said that exactly what you just said. in this survey, 73% said if blacks would try harder, they could be just as well off as whites. >> everybody should stri...