A large number had renamed themselves with the word "deplorable" – "Deplorable Joe," "Mr. Deplorable" and so on – taking Hillary Clinton's accurate criticism of the bigots Trump has brought into his campaign and turning it into a badge of honor.
On Tuesday morning, at a press conference on Capitol Hill, Pence again refused to use the word "deplorable" to describe Duke.
According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, this is the definition of the word "deplorable": "very bad in a way that causes shock, fear, or disgust : deserving to be deplored".
During the entire campaign, I've written about each Veep contender once Tim Kaine when he was picked, Mike Pence when he refused to apply the word "deplorable" to David Duke, the former Klansman who is supporting Pence's running mate.
Truly: "Deplorable" is the word best describing the depths to which Trump has dragged America.
Trump fans immediately glommed on to the word "deplorable," adopting it as a badge of honor, emblazoning it on T-shirts, hats, and Twitter handles.
The aforementioned actions displayed by these various gay men that have come out in support of Trump are, in a word, deplorable.
Pence's statement came a few days after he refused to use the word "deplorable" to characterize David Duke, former Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, who has endorsed the Trump-Pence ticket.
