Rep. Byron Donalds: I'm A Black Man Who Spoke at Trump MSG Rally So It Wasn't Racist [VIDEO]

During an appearance on CNBC this morning, Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds said the Trump MSG rally couldn't have been racist since he, a Black man, spoke at the event. 

The rampant racism displayed during Donald Trump's rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday is indefensible, but that doesn't mean that the GOP won't try and defend it. Today, the party sent Donalds on CNBC to attempt to do some damage control. 

Donalds, upset that the New York Daily News referred to the event as racist, told the hosts: 

"I was there the entire time. So to the New York Daily News, is it a racist rally if you have a black man from Florida who’s originally from New York speaking at the rally? I don’t think so. This is the problem with most media today. They’re too busy trying to fearmonger everything, instead of actually talking about the facts and the substance.

It was a great rally last night. Donald Trump obviously spoke. Did he say something that was off color? No, he did not. I spoke. Did I say something off color? No, I did not. Eric Trump, Lara Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Elon Musk, Howard Lutnick… Did they say anything that was off color? No, they did not."

After a few minutes of arguments, host Andrew Ross Sorkin closed the segment by saying: 

"That’s something that people can make up their own mind about. But I think there are people who watch the videos of either that comedian, by the way, the fellow who’s on the radio, some of the other comments, and people just watch it. It’s not the media telling them to watch it. You watch it, and you say to yourself, this is not a great situation."