“David Duke and the Ku Klux Klan are absolutely abominable. I don’t know anybody that I know, anybody that I’ve ever known, supports them,” he said. “And look, I think there’s an incredible just overwhelming fascination I’ve been watching this morning. But look, let me ask you this: Do you think Hillary Clinton is going to have to answer for her relationship with Sen. Robert Byrd who was an actual member of the KKK? Look, I’m not trying to defend, maybe, the inartful way…”

Co-host Joe Scarborough interrupted Huckabee.

“You’re trying to do something, Mike. I don’t know what you’re trying to do, but … This is pretty simple,” he explained. “Donald was asked two simple questions, and he didn’t answer them. And there’s no fascination here. I’d just like to hear [Trump] say about the Ku Klux Klan what you just said about the Ku Klux Klan. I don’t think that’s hard. Do you?”