Sen. Tommy Tuberville defined “white nationalist” as a Trump Republican after being asked to clarify his comments defending white nationalists in the military.

“I look at a white nationalists as a Trump Republican,” Alabama’s senior senator told NBC News reporter Julie Tsirkin, according to a transcript Tsirkin posted of their interview Thursday on Twitter.

“That’s what we’re called all the time,” Tuberville continued, referring to how Democrats characterize such Republicans. “A MAGA person….”

Tuberville then appeared to walk back his definition.

Asked if he agrees with that characterization, Tuberville responded, “We agree that we should not be characterizing Trump supporters as white nationalists.”

Alabama’s senior senator drew criticism after he gave an interview to WBHM, the National Public Radio affiliate in Birmingham, where he was asked whether white nationalists should serve in the military.

“They call them that,” he said, referring to the Biden administration. “I call them Americans.”