MEGYN KELLY (HOST): [I]s there any merit to the notion that Ben Carson, with his comments, or Donald Trump, with that exchange that he had with that man, and not challenging him, it wasn't Donald Trump that said anything, it was the man, did somehow damage the Republican brand?

BRIT HUME: Well yeah, that's possible, but that's a different matter. I mean, what we're talking about, there's no huge overwhelming consensus in America that you can't say anything critical of Muslims. But you say something critical of African Americans, you'd better be extremely careful what you say. I mean, you have to make sure that it is a policy disagreement with someone and it is not in any sense a criticism of the race. Not in any sense, under any circumstances. Now, that's not a bad thing, that's a good thing in most respects.

But, so what you see here is people are trying to drag Muslims, who are people we should certainly tolerate and care about, but among whom is a number that we need to be fighting and resisting. You know, they're trying to drag them into the same category as blacks, and other races. But the Muslim faith is not a race, as I said. And so, some of the comments that we're talking about here were not only not racist, they weren't even racial.

Previously:

CNN's New Day Explains Why Carson's Comments That A Muslim Should Not Be President “Demand Clarification”

Fox News Helps Ben Carson Spin His Controversial Comments That A Muslim Should Not Be President

From Fox To The Campaign Trail: Trump Previously Speculated Obama “Is A Muslim”