The Latest: Pence defends military mom’s criticism of Trump
WASHINGTON — The Latest on the U.S. presidential campaign (all times EDT):
12:10 a.m.
Mike Pence defended a military mom’s right to criticize Donald Trump’s comments about the Muslim parents of a slain U.S. Army veteran during one campaign stop in Nevada then lashed out at the media’s coverage of the controversy at the next.
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. In Reno a few hours later, Pence said that both he and Trump have stated that “Capt. Humayun Khan is an American hero.”