Mike Pence answers 11-year-old girl's body image question with pivot to terrorism

[Sunlei]

(CNN) — When Mike Pence was asked to respond to an 11-year-old girl's questions about body image and female objectification, the Republican vice presidential nominee responded by talking about foreign policy.

WBNS anchor Scott Light asked Pence Thursday how he would respond to the girl, a Girl Scout who had recently visited the radio station, who told a staff member that Donald Trump's words and campaign commercials made her feel bad about looking at herself in the mirror.

This comes just days after Donald Trump, Pence's running mate, has come under fire, still heavy in fallout over a leaked hot mic tape in which the GOP candidate can be heard making lewd comments about women.

Several other women have come forward, alleging Trump groped them and kissed them without their consent. CNN has not independently verified those accusations, and Donald Trump has denied all of the allegations in those reports.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/14/politics/mike-pence-body-image-question/index.html

[tonyt53]

1. Of course he would. Females do not matter to pence, regardless of their age.

[Sunlei]

7. Republican "family values" Pence?

[Blue Idaho]

2. Nice to see Pence

Failing the Commander and Chief test so far ahead of the 2020 election...

[gateley]

4. You can just make the blanket statement,

(Republican) answers criticism of Trump with pivot to (anything anti Hilary/Obama)

I don't know why the reporters even bother asking.

[vlyons]

5. I'll bet that he's deeply embarrassed to talk about women's bodies.

Maternal lactation, menstruation, gestation, impregnation, breast and cervical cancer, female genetalia are probably topics that would make him blush bright red. Better to change the subject. Does Pence have daughters?

[NastyRiffraff]

6. My first thought was

that this has to be The Onion. Or Borowitz. Turns out it's true. Apparently Pence knows no more about young girls than he does about adult women. And cares as little.

A girl asks him a legitimate question and he answers with Republican talking points. Please proceed, Mike.

[Setsuna1972]

9. saw him answer it on CNN earlier today

Well I wouldn't call it an answer, more like he just blew by the topic and went straight into foreign policy

[TeamPooka]

8. Mike Pence is a dickhead. nt