Mike Pence wasn't going to spend any extra time or effort defending his running mate in Tuesday night's vice presidential debate. Which is kind of understandable—how do you defend the indefensible? But then there was this:
After Hillary Clinton's running mate, Tim Kaine, again brought up Donald Trump's provocative statements on immigration—including during his announcement speech when he said that some of the immigrants Mexico was sending were "rapists" and were "bringing crime"—Pence had apparently had enough.
"Senator, you whipped out that Mexican thing again," the Indiana governor said.
Within moments, ThatMexicanThing.org was set up, redirecting to VL Action Network's voter information and registration page. The Clinton campaign wasn't far behind, getting ThatMexicanThing.com set up and redirected to HillaryClinton.com. And Twitter went wild with the hashtag #ThatMexicanThing. A few highlights:
Latino voter registration is already robust, passing the goals set by Voto Latino. From what you can see on Twitter (more below the fold), it’s going to see another surge.
Thanks, Mike Pence!
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