Ben Carson: It would be a "good idea" for Trump to apologize for being a birther https://t.co/mLwMAQ8jRY https://t.co/2aCfwn0G8C — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) September 6, 2016

In a reversal, Ben Carson got to play the voice of reason on the campaign trail Tuesday when the former presidential contender turned Trump supporter and surrogate was asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper about one of Trump’s pet conspiracy theories—birtherism. Tapper asked Carson if perhaps Trump’s outreach to black voters would go better if he acknowledged that President Obama was not, in fact, born in Kenya and apologized for being a driver of the patently racist theory.

Carson, after briefly looking like me might yawn off the question, agreed that Trump should apologize.

Ben Carson tells @jaketapper that it would be a good idea for Trump to acknowledge being a birther was a mistake: pic.twitter.com/BOsCsQxnro — Sopan Deb (@SopanDeb) September 6, 2016

Trump will never apologize.