Dr. Ben Carson, former Republican presidential candidate and famed neurosurgeon who now supports Donald Trump's candidacy, compared the Republican National Committee's rules to those of the Jim Crow era just before walking it back.
MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell asked Carson for his view of the primary as well as the rules.
After saying that the rules the RNC has are set up to benefit those in the party's establishment and not the voters before Mitchell then reminded him that the RNC is not a government institution, but a private organization, and read to him a memo from the RNC's Communications Director.
"The Republican Party, as is the Democratic Party, is a private organization, and so, what their rules are, are set by them. Sean Spicer, the Communications Director for the RNC wrote in this memo, ‘The rules surrounding the delegate selection have been clearly laid out in every state and territory and while each state is different, each process is easy to understand for those willing to learn it.’ Take note—Donald Trump is the P.S., unspoken."
"Yeah, well, you know, during the Jim Crow era, those were the rules too. They were written. Everybody knew about them, didn't make them right. And I'm not saying this is the same. But, you know, I think you get the point," Carson said. "Just because rules are there, just because they were written by somebody doesn't mean that they're right, doesn't mean that you can't re-review the system."
Carson then called for many other things to be reviewed, such as the electoral college.