Throughout my career, I personally have always been accepting of other people. I was raised that way by my mother. I grew up in a community that was diverse to begin with, with Europeans—German, Italian, Portuguese, also French. There were all sorts of people where I grew up. I think my first girlfriend was a Portuguese girl who walked me home every day. I told her to wait for me while I grow up so that we could get married. I have always been that way. I think many people are that way. I have seen cases of people being prejudiced, but I have never allowed prejudice to interfere with my command or the way I worked in my units.
On February 26th, 2019. See this statement in context.