Carson, one of Trump's primary rivals, said the controversy over Trump's remarks stems from people looking to draw attention away from the issues facing the country.

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"The left and Donald Trump's opposition can only win if they can constantly make him the issue," Carson said Tuesday on Fox News.

"So of course, this is just the beginning, they're going to pick apart every possible thing that he says and try to get off the topic."

Trump's opposition doesn't have reasonable plans for several issues facing the country, including the economy, radical Islamic terrorism and failing schools, Carson said.

"So why wouldn't they want to talk about Donald Trump," Carson said.

He then pointed to the speech Trump gave Monday in Detroit, where he addressed his economic policies. During the speech, the GOP candidate was interrupted several times by protesters.

Carson said the protesters were "hoping that he would say something about them so that that could be the story for the next week or two."

"He didn't bite on that so today they seize on this thing, which is completely ridiculous," he said.

During a rally Tuesday in North Carolina, Trump was talking about the possibility that Clinton would be able to appoint liberal justices to the Supreme Court if she were to win the White House. “Hillary wants to abolish, essentially abolish the Second Amendment,” Trump said. “By the way, if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do folks,” he added. “Though the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, I don't know.”

Carson suggested if people are curious about what Trump meant by his comments, they should ask the GOP nominee himself.

"Why is it that everybody else is an expert on what he means but he can't have a say on it? That doesn't make any sense," he said.