Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said that the country needs to “stop seizing on these moments of tragedy” when he was asked about race relations in policing.
“What we ought to do is stop seizing on these moments of tragedy. We ought to assure the public that we’ll have a full and complete and transparent investigation wherever there’s a loss of life, because of police action. But senator, please, you know, enough of this seeking every opportunity to demean law enforcement broadly by making the accusation of implicit bias every time tragedy occurs,” Pence said.
Pence argued that police see Trump’s “commitment to law and order.”
“They also hear the bad mouthing, the bad mouthing that comes from people that seize upon tragedy in the wake of police action shootings as a reason to use a broad brush to accuse law enforcement of implicit bias or institutional racism,” Pence said.
Kaine challenged Pence.
“if you’re afraid to have the discussion, you’ll never solve it,” Kaine said, adding later, “I guess I can’t believe you are defending the position that there is no bias and it’s a topic.”
