ASMAN: Let me just ask you one Donald Trump question because he's been called a racist for demanding -- for demanding all these records. By that logic, Alan Keyes would be considered a racist. Do you consider yourself a racist, Alan Keyes?
KEYES: Well, I think playing the race card on something like this is part of what led a lot of Americans to be deeply suspicious of the whole thing. They just got into a mood that just said, answer the question. Stop trying to distract from the real issue. And I think a lot of people are now -- because I thought this would be over with long ago, through this very action, and I think it's a good thing that it has occurred. I hope we can follow up on it in an orderly way. People will be questioning it on the Internet. Have something -- the House, anybody can do it. Get an expert, certify that it's so and the country moves forward, and i think it should have happened two years ago. It was insane to put us through this, and I think the key question is why was it done. And I have an answer, it's not popular. But I think we have a president who gave speeches about how he thought the Constitution was too constraining and shouldn't have to be followed in many instances, and I think this was purposefully done to try to set a precedent that said you don't have to look at the words. If you win an election you can disregard this or that provision. That isn't so, and I'm glad it's been proven not to be so. [Fox Business, America's Nightly Scoreboard, 4/29/11]
Originally published at Media Matters
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