McConnell passes on chance to say Trump remark not racist

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Sunday refused to say whether Donald Trump’s comments on the judge overseeing the pending Trump University lawsuit were racist.

On Sunday morning’s “Meet the Press,” Chuck Todd repeatedly asked McConnell if Trump calling U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel’s “Mexican heritage” an “absolute conflict” to the case was racist. “I couldn’t disagree more with what he says,” McConnell replied. When pressed by Todd again, McConnell said he “didn’t agree” with Trump’s comments. But he also pointed avoided saying that Trump’s comments were not racist, which he could have done with a simple “no.”