Mike Pence STUNS angry crowd with this perfect response

via:The Horn News


Critics of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump aren’t going to like this.
During a campaign stop in Nevada, Trump running mate Mike Pence defended a military mom’s right to criticize comments made about the Muslim parents of a slain U.S. Army veteran. And by quietly standing up for free speech — and correcting misinformation — Pence threw cold water on the growing controversy that liberals are trying to create.
Pence quieted a crowd that was booing a woman who asked Pence at a town hall meeting in Carson City Monday how he could tolerate Trump’s “disrespect” for American servicemen.
“That’s what freedom looks like,” Pence said, in reference to the woman’s right to free speech — even in the face of a hostile crowd. Pence thanked the woman for her son’s service, and the crowd cheered his simple response to her criticism. Pence stated that Captain Humayun Khan was an American hero but his family (which has been critical of Trump) is simply mistaken, because Trump is more devoted to our armed forces than anyone else he’d ever met — and that veterans are responding to that message.

You can see video of the exchange here: https://youtu.be/eLj6-k7sRm0




In Reno a few hours later, Pence repeated that both he and Trump have stated that “Capt. Humayun Khan is an American hero.”
Pence said he understands and appreciates the attention given to Khan’s family. But he doesn’t understand “why the media maligned and continues to ignore the moving mother of fallen Air Force veteran and diplomat Sean Smith.”
Pence said much of the same media criticizing Trump earlier condemned Patricia Smith’s speech at the GOP convention about the U.S. information officer killed in the 2012 attack in Benghazi.
“Let’s demand the media listen to and honor all of the families of the fallen in this country,” he said.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.