Trump's VP, Mike Pence, makes stop in Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — Mike Pence, the Indiana governor and Republican vice presidential candidate, made a stop in Pittsburgh Tuesday to speak at the Heinz History Center in the Strip District.

The capacity for the room where he spoke is 700, but Channel 11 learned organizers received more than 1,000 RSVPs.

Pence’s visit came just hours after Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, where he made a comment that “Second Amendment people” could potentially stop a future President Hillary Clinton’s judges from abolishing gun rights.

“By the way, and if she gets to pick -- if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is. I don’t know,” Trump said.

Pence defended Trump’s comments during his Pittsburgh visit.

“I think he hit the nail right on the head,” Pence said. “He doesn’t go tiptoeing around those thousands of rules of political correctness. He says it like it is.”

While supporters refused to turn against the GOP presidential candidate, Trump’s comments attracted criticism from others.

“This is simple. What Trump is saying is dangerous. A person seeking to [be the] president of the United States should not suggest violence in any way,” a Hillary Clinton campaign spokesperson said.

Meanwhile in Pittsburgh, Pence echoed his running mate in making promises for America.

Trump, Pence said, will be, “someone who will fight every day to make America work again, make America strong again and make America great again.”

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