If Mike Pence was supposed to be the guy that brought new voters into the GOP fold with his easy-going debate style, he’s a miserable failure. Not only did he make his extreme fundamentalist views on abortion crystal clear, he also dismissed an entire ethnicity as "that Mexican thing." That's the phrase he used to explain away Donald Trump’s blanket categorization of Mexican immigrants as "rapists," among other repulsive comments. House Democrats slammed Pence on a press call following the debates, reports Heather Caygle.
“Our message for Donald Trump and Mr. Pence: ‘That Mexican thing’ is gonna come back to bite ya because our community is engaged, they’re paying attention,” said Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.), chairwoman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego noted the stunned reaction with from within the debate hall:
Gallego attended the debate and said there was an audible gasp from the audience after Pence’s flippant retort.
“For me it was very significant because there weren’t that many Latinos in the crowd,” Gallego said. “If that’s really how Trump [and] Pence think about the Latino community, how do they intend to win them over?”
Pence has been madly trying to clean up that mess ever since making the slip.
A Pence spokesperson did not respond to request for comment.
Or rather, who cares? It's just #ThatMexicanThing. Can’t wait to see how that works out for them on Election Day.
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