On Wednesday, Carl Higbie, a spokesperson for the pro-Trump Great America PAC, defended the proposed registry of Muslims by citing World War II Japanese-American internment camps while speaking with Fox News’s Megyn Kelly.

Carl Higbie: “We did it during World War II with Japanese, which, you know, call it what you will—”

Megyn Kelly: “Come on. You’re not—”

Carl Higbie: “Maybe wrong, but—”

Megyn Kelly: “You’re not proposing we go back to the days of internment camps, I hope.”

Carl Higbie: “No, no, no. I’m not proposing that at all, Megyn.”

Megyn Kelly: “You know better than to suggest that.”

Carl Higbie: “But what I am saying is that we need to protect America first.”

Megyn Kelly: “I mean, that’s the kind of stuff that gets people scared, Carl.”

Carl Higbie: “Right, but it’s—I’m just saying, there is precedent for it. And I’m not saying I agree with it. But in this case, I absolutely believe that a regional-based—”

Megyn Kelly: “You can’t be citing Japanese internment camps as precedent for anything the president-elect is going to do.”

Carl Higbie: “Look, the president needs to protect America first. And if that means having people that are not protected under our Constitution have some sort of registry, so we can understand—until we can identify the true threat and where it’s coming from, I support it.”