FARMVILLE, Va. -- Some Mexican-Americans are taking issue with Republican Mike Pence brushing off GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump's comments on Mexican immigrants as "that Mexican thing."
Pence chided Democrat Tim Kaine's repeated mention of Trump's comments on immigrants during Tuesday night's vice-presidential debate, telling him at one point: "Senator, you've whipped out that Mexican thing again."
The Indiana governor's remark has quickly become one of the most talked about moments from the forum, trending online under #ThatMexicanThing. Twitter ranks it as the third-most tweeted about moment of the debate.
Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's campaign has apparently taken note of the online attention. Visitors to ThatMexicanThing.com are being redirected to Clinton's campaign website.
#ThatMexicanThing is trending. I hope that means "Latino voter turnout is gonna break records".
— Paul Wartenberg (@PaulWartenberg) October 5, 2016
Look at me, I'm #ThatMexicanThing that has served in the military and graduated college. #NeverTrumpPence
— Will Coppedge (@Will_The_Tiger) October 5, 2016
#ThatMexicanThing is when we vote.
— Mexican Judge (@laloalcaraz) October 5, 2016
#ThatMexicanThing where undocumented immigrants pay more taxes than @realDonaldTrump does. #VPDebate
— Pili Tobar (@pilitobar87) October 5, 2016