A GOP strategist melted down on Wednesday after a CNN host threw his own words back in his face.

Shermichael Singleton, a GOP strategist, was a panelist on CNN's "NewsNight" with Abby Phillip, where the panel got into a heated debate about President Donald Trump's actions to thwart federal diversity initiatives. Multiple panelists claimed that the second Trump administration has made its anti-diversity push a central part of its policy platform, and that platform is quickly becoming the center of gravity within the Republican Party.

Singleton pushed back, arguing that people who are anti-diversity are easily confused as racist in the eyes of voters. Phillip found the remark surprising and explained why.

"That's a really important statement you just made there," Phillip said. "I'm not sure people would go that far. But you just suggested that being anti-diversity is equivalent to being racist."

"I think a lot of people would see it that way," Singleton replied.

"Well, this is an administration that has been explicitly anti-diversity," Phillip said, noting examples like the Department of Defense undoing its diversity initiatives and banning celebrations of Black History Month.

Phillip's comments caused Singleton to short-circuit.

"That's not my quarrel!" Singleton shot back. "My issue is calling the entire Republican Party racist. When people say that, it sounds like B.S.!"

Two conservative analysts on Wednesday panned President Donald Trump's latest attack on Black history during an interview on CNN.

This week, a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to return a long-standing slavery exhibit to a museum in Pennsylvania after administration officials removed it last month. In the order, Judge Cynthia Rufe, who was appointed by George W. Bush, said the Trump administration was trying to "dissemble and disassemble historical truths," CNN reported.

Conservative analysts Shermichael Singleton and T.W. Arrighi reacted to the ruling on CNN's "NewsNight" with Abby Phillip.

"The Pennsylvania thing is a bit concerning to me," Singleton said. "I don't understand why this would be a priority for any lower-level cabinet person focusing on removing exhibitions about slavery ... It's not necessary. It's very divisive. We have midterms coming up. We already know the economy is an issue that Republicans are struggling with. And the point that I'm trying to make here is when you've had a very diverse coalition, electorally speaking, in 2024, you're going to fragment that very necessary coalition of very persuadable voters that you need to turn out because some of those folks may be, frankly, turned off by some of this."

Arrighi echoed Singleton's sentiment.

"Doubling down on that, the Obama video, his reaction to it kept the story alive for far longer than it could have been," he said. "The buck stops at his desk. It shouldn't have been up. I made a mistake. It's gone. Instead, we lingered on it."

A media expert revealed on Wednesday that President Donald Trump's leader at the Federal Communications Commission may have created a situation that will backfire spectacularly.

Throughout the second Trump administration, FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr has sought to enforce the agency's equal time rule, which has gotten several left-leaning shows in hot water with the agency. The rule requires radio and television channels to provide equal airtime to political candidates of all views. Most recently, the lawyers at CBS News told late-night comedian Stephen Colbert that he could not interview Democratic Texas state lawmaker James Talarico because it might violate the equal time rule.

Carr has also said the FCC is investigating "The View," a show that often features Trump critics, to see if it has violated the equal time rule.

But these efforts could backfire spectacularly against the president's allies once he leaves office, CNN media correspondent Brian Stelter revealed during an interview on "The Source" with Kaitlan Collins on Wednesday.

"This is all really about power, using regulatory power to reshape the culture in ways that Republicans want," Stelter said. "And it's easy to see where they're coming from. Growing up, Johnny Carson and Jay Leno were relaxing shows to watch at the end of the day. But now late-night comics are much more provocative, much more political. And for the past decade, very staunchly anti-Trump. So this rule is a way for the Trump administration to try to even the playing field a little bit."

"But there's a cost here," he added. "Government intimidation comes at a cost, in the words of one famous TV host recently, 'We need less government regulation and more freedom. Let the American people decide where to get their information from without any government interference.' You want to know who said that, Kaitlan? A little guy named Sean Hannity."

"Why? He doesn't want to see these equal time rules applied to conservative talk radio," Stelter added. "So far, Carr is saying he's focused on TV, not radio. But technically, these rules apply to radio's broadcast airwaves as well. And you have to wonder if a Democratic president might want to use those rules against the radio in the future."