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applegrove

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Mon Sep 12, 2016, 06:40 PM Sep 2016

The Trump campaign won’t even call David Duke “deplorable”: Mike Pence says he is “not in the name c

The Trump campaign won’t even call David Duke “deplorable”: Mike Pence says he is “not in the name calling business”

by Sophia Tesfaye at Salon

http://www.salon.com/2016/09/12/the-trump-campaign-wont-even-call-david-duke-deplorable-mike-pence-says-he-is-not-in-the-name-calling-business/

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“As I’ve told you the last time I was on, I’m not sure why the media keeps dropping David Duke’s name. Donald Trump has denounced David Duke repeatedly. We don’t want his support and we don’t want the support of people who think like him,” Pence responded, looking to avoid the question.

But Blitzer wouldn’t let up: “You called him a deplorable. You would call him a deplorable?”

“No,” Pence said, refusing to denounce the former Grand Wizard of the Klu Klux Klan, a Trump supporter, as “deporable.”

“I’m not in the name-calling business, Wolf, you know me better than that,” Pence offered instead.



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The Trump campaign won’t even call David Duke “deplorable”: Mike Pence says he is “not in the name c (Original Post) applegrove Sep 2016 OP
Um it's not a name. It's an adjective. As in "Your campaign is deplorable". Look it up. oioioi Sep 2016 #1
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