New Hampshire state Rep. Werner Horn (R) doesnt think American slavery was racist, a position he posted on Facebook and reiterated to HuffPost.

Human beings have been owning other human beings since the dawn of time. Its never been about race, Horn told HuffPost on Thursday when asked to comment on his recent remarks.

Horns thoughts on slavery are in the spotlight this week after the New Hampshire Union Leader reported on his Facebook comment that owning slaves doesnt make you racist.

The conversation started when former state House member Dan Hynes (R) wrote a post chastising HuffPost for reporting that a historian had classified Trump as tied for the most racist president in American history.

[W]hat does that say about all of the other presidents who owned slaves? wrote Hynes.

Wait, owning slaves doesnt make you racist, Horn replied to Hynes.