Donald Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence, has forcefully batted down speculation that he considered dropping from the Republican ticket after video emerged on Friday of Trump bragging about touching women without their consent.
Pence, a family values Christian who led an anti-LGBT backlash in his home state of Indiana, said at the weekend that he was “offended” by Trump’s remarks about grabbing “pussy”, that he did not “condone” the remarks and that he could not defend them.
But Pence told CNN this morning following the second presidential debate on Sunday night that being tapped by Trump had been “the greatest honor of my life”.
It’s absolutely false to suggest that at any point in time we considered dropping off this ticket. It’s the greatest honor of my life, to have been nominated by my party to be the next vice president of the United States of America.
"It's absolutely false" -- Mike Pence on reports he considered dropping out. Watch live: https://t.co/Tk64moV9b1 https://t.co/yLa72UOaEE
— New Day (@NewDay) October 10, 2016
And he added that he remained horrified and disgusted by Bill Clinton.
So Pence followed Trump in going there via CNN pic.twitter.com/RBfCPfuSZa
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) October 10, 2016
Trump appeared before last night’s debate with Paula Jones, Juanita Broaddrick, Kathy Shelton and Kathleen Willey. Three of the four women have claimed inappropriate sexual contact with Bill Clinton, which he has denied. Shelton was the victim of a 1975 rape; Hillary Clinton was assigned by an Arkansas court to represent her assailant in the case.
