The following day, he said:
{{Cquote|I made a mistake last evening which I shall not repeat. In an informal telephone interview with a local reporter I made an offhand remark…Of course I didn’t expect to be taken literally when, to emphasize the cost and concerns I am hearing, I far too casually suggested that the President might need a bodyguard, or words to that effect.<ref>https://name=jessehelmscenter.org/setting-the-record-straight</ref>}}
== Humanitarian ==