That makes no sense at all. You can agree with him and still believe he should have given a better answer. He could have given a more nuanced answer and not caused any controversy at all.
I am getting tired of candidates who say they were set up or whatever. What do they expect when they are interviewed by national correspondents? If you cannot give a common sense answer then you have no business being interviewed.
It sounds whiney to say the media is out to get Republicans. Paul Ryan, Mike Pence, and Steve King have absolutely no problem being interviewed by anyone in the media and they are never part of the gotcha moment. They know how to answer questions and do a great job of representing all of us.
No amount of nuance will satisfy the leftists. The civil rights bill of 1964 is sacred text to them.