He's in a precarious position with these questions as he's trying not to alienate the far left because he can't get through without them, so it's understandable. The evasion that it's different to attack a court house during the day and attacking it at night determines whether or not it's political extremism/terrorism and just a crime was cringey. But he'll get through. I'm sure his private meetings will be a lot different. Even republicans who criticized those answers pretty much made it clear he's a good guy and he's getting through.