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Mike Pence praises 'plainspoken' Trump amid furor over Dwyane Wade remarks
Source: The Guardian
Mike Pence praises 'plainspoken' Trump amid furor over Dwyane Wade remarks
• Republican VP nominee addresses accusations of insensitivity
• Two men charged with first-degree murder over death of Nykea Aldridge
Tom McCarthy
Sunday 28 August 2016 16.40 BST
Mike Pence, running mate to Donald Trump, on Sunday hailed what he said was Trump’s “plainspoken way” to explain a tweet by the Republican candidate that drew accusations of insensitivity following the shooting death in Chicago of a cousin of basketball star Dwyane Wade.
“Donald Trump has a plainspoken way about him,” Pence said on CNN’s State of the Union when asked about the tweet. “The point Donald Trump was making as that we have a choice to make this fall.”
Trump reacted in a tweet Saturday morning to news that a Wade cousin, Nykea Aldridge, 32, had been shot dead while pushing her infant child in a stroller. “Dwayne (sic) Wade’s cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago,” Trump tweeted. “Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!”
A second, nearly identical tweet, with the spelling of Wade’s name corrected, was sent soon after. Several hours later, Trump tweeted his condolences.
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• Republican VP nominee addresses accusations of insensitivity
• Two men charged with first-degree murder over death of Nykea Aldridge
Tom McCarthy
Sunday 28 August 2016 16.40 BST
Mike Pence, running mate to Donald Trump, on Sunday hailed what he said was Trump’s “plainspoken way” to explain a tweet by the Republican candidate that drew accusations of insensitivity following the shooting death in Chicago of a cousin of basketball star Dwyane Wade.
“Donald Trump has a plainspoken way about him,” Pence said on CNN’s State of the Union when asked about the tweet. “The point Donald Trump was making as that we have a choice to make this fall.”
Trump reacted in a tweet Saturday morning to news that a Wade cousin, Nykea Aldridge, 32, had been shot dead while pushing her infant child in a stroller. “Dwayne (sic) Wade’s cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago,” Trump tweeted. “Just what I have been saying. African-Americans will VOTE TRUMP!”
A second, nearly identical tweet, with the spelling of Wade’s name corrected, was sent soon after. Several hours later, Trump tweeted his condolences.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/28/mike-pence-donald-trump-dwyane-wade-comments
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