Cliven Bundy -- the Nevada rancher turned conservative folk hero for bucking the federal government's attempts to stop his cattle from grazing on public land -- admits he doesn't understand the bipartisan uproar over his comments suggesting blacks might have been better off under slavery. But in a contentious interview Friday on CNN's "New Day," Bundy stood by his remarks, saying he's not a racist but only somebody who speaks his mind, perhaps using politically incorrect language. "Maybe I sinned, and maybe I need to ask forgiveness, and maybe I don't know what I actually said, but when you talk about prejudice, we're talking about not being able to exercise what we think. ... If I say Negro or black boy or slave, if those people cannot take those kind of words and not be (offended), then Martin Luther King hasn't got his job done yet," he told anchor Chris Cuomo on Friday, adding, "We need to get over this prejudice stuff."
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Bundy says he is "not tired of talking about race"
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The Nevada rancher has battled U.S. government over his cattle grazing free on public land
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He came under fire after suggesting blacks may have been better off as slaves
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"We need to get over this prejudice stuff," he says
For two decades, @placeholder's cattle have fed off government-owned land without paying grazing fees like thousands of other ranchers.