Vice President Mike Pence skipped an opportunity to strongly condemn racist “send her back” chants a crowd shouted during a rally for President Donald Trump last week, instead saying he “wasn’t pleased” with the rhetoric. “The president wasn’t pleased about it,” Pence told CBS News’ Major Garrett in an interview for “The Takeout” podcast set to be released Tuesday. The president’s been very clear about that.”Garrett pressed Pence on whether he or Trump would tell supporters not to repeat the chant if it happened in the future. “The president was very clear that he wasn’t happy about it, and that if it happened again, he might ― he might ― he’d make an effort to speak out about it,” Pence said. “He will make an effort to speak out about it?” Garrett asked, to clarify.

Source: Huffington Post July 21, 2019 18:45 UTC