Pence: 'Senator, you whipped out that Mexican thing again'

After coming under a barrage of Donald Trump-centered attacks from Democrat Tim Kaine during Tuesday’s debate, Mike Pence came down on Kaine for having “whipped out that Mexican thing again" that Trump said.

The nominees were in a heated exchange over abortion when Kaine started bringing up past controversial comments made by Trump, a frequent trope for Kaine during the Tuesday debate.


“When Donald Trump says women should be punished or Mexicans are rapists and criminals — and John McCain's not a hero — he’s showing you who he is,” Kaine said.

An exasperated Pence responded: “Senator, you whipped out that Mexican thing again.”

“You can defend it?” Kaine replied.

Pence ignored Kaine's riposte and launched into a longer reply: "There are criminal aliens, and perpetrating crimes against Americans. And he said many of them are good people. You keep leaving that out of your quote. If you want to go there, I'll go there."