Former RNC chair responds to comment that he was only elected 'because he's a black guy'

Walters did not immediately return CNN's request for comment on Saturday. According to the news outlet Observer, Steele called the remark "painfully stupid." "I wanted to talk to [CPAC chair] Matt Schlapp first, but I think it's painfully stupid what he said," Steele told Observer. "If he feels that way I'd like him to come say that to my face. And then I'd like him to look at my record and see what I did. I can't believe an official of CPAC would go on stage, in front of an audience, and say something like that. I've been a strong supporter of CPAC for many years, and I thought they raised them better than that here." Steele, who co-hosts the SiriusXM radio show "Steele and Ungar," also discussed. 

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