Eh, it's not the best look but he was making a point about a larger issue and didn't want to contradict himself (which is why the reporter asked the question, to get him to contradict himself).
The only reason this story is being picked up is because of his position on gay marriage, so-called "trans" rights, and abortion. The real issue is he says stuff like:
The game is to conflate all of his positions into *racism* because truthfully most black folks and most latin folks don't go for that abortion talk, they don't care about them so-called "trans" rights, and they could give a damn about gay marriage. If you can turn him into a racist, you can silence his voice on other issues.
He might be a virulent racist (doubt it) who doesn't like interracial marriage (possible), but that's not what this is about.