Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch refused to answer a direct question about whether she’s worried racists will support her leadership bid.

In an interview with AM640’s Kelly Cutrara Monday afternoon, Leitch was asked about comments she made one day earlier on CTV’s Question Period. Leitch was defending her embrace of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump — and accused rival candidate Michael Chong, who she was debating on the show, of calling her a racist. Chong did not call Leitch a racist, though, he said the prime minister has to work with the U.S., but “that’s a whole lot different than importing Trump-style politics north of the border, which has been so divisive south of the border.”

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“I am not a racist. I am not a person who’s out groping other individuals. I do not do those things and I don’t think that the Canadians who support the ideas I’m talking about do those types of things,” she said on the show Sunday.

Today, AM640 followed CTV’s lead. “So, saying you’re not a racist, are you worried that you may be getting support or you will be getting support from racists at all?” Cutrara asked Leitch.

Leitch ducked the question.

“Look, what was implied by the conversation was I’m not one myself. It’s not for me to speak about other individuals. But I will tell you is that — and we’ve spoken about it in this conversation — is that there have been some people who’ve obviously become upset because of these ideas that I’m putting forward. But I’m going to continue to talk about them,” Leitch said.

Cutrara pushed the point further. “That wasn’t really where I was getting to with my question. I was more interested in — you know, one of the Canadian values that you’ve said … is tolerance. So are you worried at all that you may be getting some support from people that aren’t tolerant — that are racists?”

Leitch ducked again. “Look, I have a wide range of individuals from across the country that are getting involved in my campaign. And I’m delighted by that.

“And as I say, I can only speak for myself. But what I can tell you is I’m delighted that we have literally hundreds of people coming on board to support my candidacy. Average Canadians, that just want to make sure that they can be prosperous in the future, and that they support the policy views I’m putting forward. And that’s what I’m about.”