On Monday's CNN Newsroom, host Carol Costello asked Texas Republican Representative and Donald Trump supporter Brian Babin whether the GOP presidential nominee should apologize for calling President Barack Obama the "founder" of ISIS as a way of reaching out to black voters.

Even though referring to the President Obama as the "founder" of ISIS was merely a rhetorical way of blaming the President for pulling out of Iraq and allowing the terrorist group to increase its power in the aftermath, Costello posed to her guest: "Do you think it would be more effective perhaps if Mr. Trump would apologize for the birther talk or that President Obama founded ISIS? Do you think those things might be turning off African-American voters?"

She added: "And if Mr. Trump just said, 'You know, I didn't mean that stuff about the birther stuff,' would that appease voters? Should he say something like that? Should he apologize?"

A bit earlier, Costello had brought up the issue of Trump's support from black voters as she played a clip of CNN New Day host Alisyn Camerota recalling complaints over the GOP candidate's recent speeches on the subject, with Costello asking about charges that Trump was really just trying to win over white voters "who think Trump is racist."

Below is a transcript of the relevant portion of the Monday, August 22, CNN Newsroom with Carol Costello: