Pence Scolds Obama For DNC Speech: Name Calling Has No Place In Politics!

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence joins Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Westfield, Ind., Tuesday, July 12, 2016. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
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Isn’t it ironic? Donald Trump’s running mate lambasted President Barack Obama on Friday for slamming Trump in his speech at the Democratic National Convention, saying name calling has no place in “public life.”

While speaking to conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence took issue with Obama calling Trump a “demagogue” during his speech, saying that it made him feel disheartened.

“You know, I don’t think name calling has any place in public life, and I thought that was unfortunate that the President of the United States would use a term like that, let alone laced into a sentence like that,” he said. “But I just don’t see it. I see, I think what I have found in Donald Trump is this is a man of enormous accomplishment, obviously someone who has achieved great things in his life.”

Trump himself is not one to shy away from taunting nickname: Crooked Hillary, Lyin’ Ted, Pocahontas (for Masschusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren) and Little Marco are staples of his repertoire.

The morning of the Hewitt-Pence interview, Trump unveiled another new nickname for one of his critics on Twitter:

Pence went on to deflect any further questions about the Democratic convention in the interview with Hewitt, instead focusing on Trump’s accomplishments and calling him “kind” and “extremely considerate.”

h/t Sopan Deb

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  1. What? No “rubber / glue” reference?

  2. HAHAHAHAHA…big ballz Pence…did you say that with a straight face?

  3. So much for being a Christian first.

  4. LOL at any Trumpette moaning about namecalling! Hyterical!

    Oh, and did the Russians hack TPM with this stupid main story we can’t even comment in?? Tear down that (pay)wall!

  5. You wouldn’t believe such delicious irony could be possible, but the Trump campaign never fails to “go there”.

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