Thing is, it's not the first time he said it. And no one in his circle evidently bothered to correct him after the first go-around. Never mind. I say we hold him to his word.
Confederate statues belong in museums not in places of honor. America is the only country in the world where racists got to convince the country that insurrectionists and rebels were heroes and deserve honors rising up against the federal government and going to war.... but then again they were not too smart to begin with.