Until he does another “soul of the nation” speech, with the same publicity, the same prime time slot, he has walked nothing back. He needs a second speech where he tells his sycophantic followers he was wrong in every point and wrong in the whole Wagnerian style of presentation. So far, he has done nothing but light the fuse on a terrible bomb of domestic hatred.
That, of course was and is his intent.
He’s trying to spark an insurrection. Quick, let’s launch a committee in congress and get the DOJ to start a special investigation and Garland can recuse himself so as not to impede the independence of the investigation.