Piers Morgan poked the hornets’ nest Sunday when he highlighted a double standard among Muhammad Ali’s fans — that the late boxer espoused more radical views on race than Donald Trump.

Muhammad Ali said far more inflammatory/racist things about white people than Donald Trump ever has about Muslims. #fact — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016

The tweet quickly brought a swarm of social justice outrage, but Morgan did not back down. He argued that Ali was an important voice in the civil rights movement, but that is no reason to whitewash statements far more radical than Trump’s on race and immigration.

Trump was in New York on 9/11 & knew people who died.

Does that count? https://t.co/eF7Lg76Ye7 — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016

Why would stating that Muhammad Ali made a lot of inflammatory, race-charged statements in his life be remotely controversial? He did. — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016

I'm sorry for 'saying inflammatory things for attention'.

That's the last thing Muhammad Ali would have condoned. — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016

Actually, Ali did want a ban on mixed-race marriage. https://t.co/Zx8yImfV99 — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016

Morgan shared a video of Ali denouncing miscegenation during a BBC interview.

Watch this #Ali interview & imagine if it had been #Trump saying all this.

Then you may understand my point. https://t.co/goZbedGz9N — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016

Saying blacks, whites & Chinese should only be with their own??? > RT @yuDeserveIt_: @piersmorgan @YouTube how is this racist Piers. — Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) June 5, 2016

He then trolled the hate mob with this taunt — that no amount of screeching would make him apologize.