New Delhi, May 25 -- US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday reiterated his stance of how "people say stupid stuff" when asked about racist comments targeting Indians in the United States, following a question raised at a press conference in the national capital on Sunday.

Clarifying his response, Rubio said he was referring to online comments and suggested that some of them could be posted by trolls or bots.

Noting that he did not know the exact context of the question being referred to, Rubio said he assumed it was about online activity.

"I assumed that he was talking about people posting stuff online. Some of those could be a troll, a bot," he said.

He further reiterated that such behaviour is not unique to any one country. "Pe...