Pence didn't take the bait Pence displayed a discipline that Trump did not in the first presidential debate: He didn't take the bait.
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Don't get in their way and don't take the bait.
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Gowdy should have known better than to take the bait.
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Exaggerator's trainer, Keith Desormeaux, has refused to take the bait.
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Stay positive, and don't take the bait when attacked. 3.
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At a press conference, Aravena didn't take the bait when
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There were good reasons for everyone to take the bait.
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It's very hard for the media not to take the bait.
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Allen didn't take the bait, but some of his supporters did.
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And for years, she has mostly refused to take the bait.
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To make the plot work, reporters have to take the bait.
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Still, in true royal fashion, they did not take the bait.
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But don't chase the shiny object, and don't take the bait.
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We bet they are right and that supporters take the bait.
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But after several hours passed, they felt something strong take the bait.
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And I think people take the bait in a really terrible way.
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But the bucks, which usually travel solo, almost always take the bait.
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But private sector and nonprofit leaders must no longer take the bait.
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They didn't have to wait long Tuesday for someone to take the bait.
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Clinton didn't take the bait on Thursday when reporters asked about the comment.
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It's Day 55 of the Trump presidency, and we still take the bait.
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The real answer is a nation united enough not to take the bait.
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He won't take the bait, and he won't give them what they want.
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Trump, to his credit, didn't take the bait and basically dodged the question.
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And, once again, it seems there are some who blindly take the bait.
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The man waited for a reaction, but the therapist didn't take the bait.
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However, Warren's Senate colleagues and the public would be wrong to take the bait.
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Iran has so far failed to take the bait as U.S. sanctions have expanded.
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Readers will take the bait and the publisher is rewarded with a page view.
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She bats her mile-long lashes at him, but he doesn't take the bait.
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He says he didn't take the bait or express any interest in the emails.
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Cruz, in particular, has refused to take the bait, bathing his fellow disrupter in bonhomie.
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People take the bait, send money to her Paypal, and then she un-matches them.
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Witnesses who, by the way, had better things to do than to take the bait.
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Too many politicians and journalists were eager, whether cynically or gullibly, to take the bait.
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My advice: Don't take the bait when "The Third Hotel" starts voguing like a thriller.
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Even if Walmart doesn't take the bait, the conservative streaming service idea is still being floated.
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It was Rotnarong that first dropped Orono's name to promoters, hoping they would take the bait.
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" Trump didn't take the bait and responded, "No, I meant that he's the founder of ISIS.
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First, it did not take the bait and did not use the "Brexit ate my homework" option.
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Woe to the person who doesn't take the bait and act jealous, groveling to be taken back.
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But Pelosi did not take the bait on impeachment or any other possible backlash for the president.
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Some in the crowd take the bait and toss bottles, extend their middle fingers or walk out.
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In theory, sharks would take the bait, and the threat of injury to swimmers would be reduced.
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But Democrats didn't take the bait, instead focusing on health care, which has become their singular issue.
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The moment you mention walls or travel bans or deportation, brace yourself and don't take the bait.
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President Trump's budget proposal may hurt his own base, but Congress doesn't have to take the bait.
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Poor Ruth Bader Ginsburg gets sucked into it, and I'm thinking, Oh, don't take the bait, ma'am.
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Mr. McConnell refused to take the bait and would not engage on the subject of Mr. Bannon.
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Biden didn't take the bait when Castro went after the Obama administration's abysmal record on immigrant deportations.
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She declines to take the bait, but the prince comes calling anyway, just not as a royal.
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As for Jackson, he wouldn't take the bait when asked if the Ravens were his team now.
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We take the bait, and we get a lot of young people who think it's wonderful, sadly.
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Trump didn't take the bait when he was attacked, and remained even-tempered — no name-calling or insults.
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Though Chick-fil-A didn't take the bait, Wendy's jumped in -— sparking a Twitter battle that delighted onlookers.
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But it is far from clear whether either Mr Trump or the Chinese government will take the bait.
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Eureka didn't take the bait and de-escalated what easily could have turned into a contentious shouting match.
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His confidants tell us he intentionally exploits the media's inclination to take the bait and chase our tails.
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Wearing the same navy-blue suit, he spoke clearly, and did not take the bait from the barristers.
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I love watching how she tries to be in press conferences, which she doesn't really take the bait.
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But Coats wouldn't take the bait, declining to say if Trump asked him to deny any Russia evidence.
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But Democrats don't need to take the bait when it comes to the narrative that Trump is winning.
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And despite repeated warnings from his advisers not to give Biden oxygen, Trump has continued to take the bait.
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However, despite all the soothsayers warning the public to stock up for armageddon, the public didn't take the bait.
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We shouldn't take the bait and get distracted by what Winner tweeted about or whose Twitter feeds she followed.
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Walters, wisely, did not take the bait and his corner ultimately threw in the towel after the seventh round.
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New York Post columnist Cindy Adams is the first — but by no means the last — to take the bait.
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Officers tried to lure the curious cat out with a feather duster, but the feline didn't take the bait.
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Again, Yovanovitch refused to take the bait or acknowledge that anyone in the Ukrainian government meddled in the race.
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Second, in order for candidates to do this, it is important that the news media not take the bait.
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There wasn't a Backstreet Boy, Hanson brother, or New Kid on any Block desperate enough to take the bait.
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Don't take the bait Obviously at some point, one of your dinner partners may launch a unilateral political offensive.
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I tell them to take it easy, keep your head down and don't say anything — don't take the bait.
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When asked what surprises he has planned for Valentine's Day, Urban was careful not to take the bait, telling E!
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Friends warn her not to take the bait, but Sam can't seem to pull herself away from the hurtful comments.
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" AND NOW, A WORD FROM CHARLES… "Trump will continue to tweet and the media will continue to take the bait.
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Trump didn't take the bait either time, sticking to his scripted remarks and walking a fine line on the issues.
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"People probably thought they could just let (Trump's) comments go into the ether, not take the bait," one adviser said.
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Bottura's intention was to test how many Italians on Facebook would take the bait and fall for the fake meme.
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Some feature big shots, like Ted Koppel; others ordinary human beings, like a Republican couple who never take the bait.
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And when lawmakers tried to press Whitaker to break with Trump on the Mueller investigation, he wouldn't take the bait.
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For now, some French politicians seemed willing to take the bait and use the language of sectarian and cultural division.
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However, I knew the value of my company, and I stuck to my guns and did not take the bait.
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But the strikers remained determined to push for a good deal, Allendes said, and were unlikely to take the bait.
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They're setting her up to be a Christian martyr, minus the grisly end, and daring Democrats to take the bait.
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The open question is whether investors would once again take the bait or force the president to deliver the goods.
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Daniel Strauss: Harris and Gabbard, separately, pressed Elizabeth Warren to say something, and Warren didn't take the bait either time.
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The city of Detroit and State of Michigan reportedly offered Amazon a massive tax incentive but Amazon didn't take the bait.
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Sanders didn't take the bait, pivoting to talking about impeaching President Donald Trump and the various other crises America faces. Sen.
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De-escalate: Remember, just because someone tempts you with a war of words doesn't mean you have to take the bait.
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"I encourage the American people and all of us in this room and beyond to not take the bait," she said.
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Kourtney didn't take the bait, though, and Khloé 's frustration came to a head over lunch with their friend Larsa Pippen.
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And Trump, used to opponents who take the bait and get drawn into his games, didn't know how to handle it.
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" The extremity of Trump's offensiveness forces us to take the bait, to "weigh in as being opposed to this vile thing. . . .
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So far, the Shiites in Lebanon have acted responsibly, refusing to take the bait and plunge the country into civil war.
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The news media tried to goad her into saying she was a man-hater, but she refused to take the bait.
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And if the Supreme Court doesn't take the bait — well, that just shows that the justices are part of the problem.
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It's unclear if Lauren will take the bait, but she's certainly no stranger to accepting things ... just ask all those roses.
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In fact, they're already talking about those cuts — they've started the switch even before getting the suckers to take the bait.
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The iPhone 7, 6S, SE, and every older iPhone before them are probably available somewhere, but you shouldn't take the bait.
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But it's not his father's country today, and the new fish, Kim Jong Un, is not eager to take the bait.
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Rather than take the bait on the crisis actor narrative, they opted to have fun with the conspiracy theories by mocking them.
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Chick-fil-A didn't take the bait, but Wendy's stepped in and sparred with Popeyes on Twitter to the delight of onlookers.
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Unlike his running mate, Pence didn't take the bait, and that's probably why viewers declared him the winner of this match-up.
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Back on his boat, Howard tests the fishing line wrapped around his fingers and knees, waiting for fish to take the bait.
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Sansa tries to offer her help, warning Jon that Ramsay loves to play games and urging him not to take the bait.
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Sanders largely refused to take the bait, declining to criticize Obama even when that forced him to blunt his criticisms of Clinton.
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She didn't talk specifically about Fox News during the 2016 campaign, and when asked about Mr. Ailes, she wouldn't take the bait.
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" She didn't take the bait, repeating first lady Michelle Obama's philosophy articulated at the Democratic convention: "When they go low, we go high.
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And if that employee decides to take the bait, then word gets around about how -- with some risk -- to pick up extra pay.
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Lord give me the strength to not take the bait but hold this man accountable for every single thing he says and does.
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In fact, according to CBC News, the otter managed to sneak into the trap overnight, take the bait, and get out scot-free.
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When you're desperate and someone you trust is providing you with what looks like a way out, it's easy to take the bait.
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A black belt in jiu-jitsu, Diaz tried to goad Masvidal into fighting him on the ground, but Masvidal wouldn't take the bait.
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"He has to not take the bait from Democrats," said John Feehery, a GOP strategist who is also a columnist for The Hill.
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When a reporter questioned the panel on whether the research could have an impact on the incoming administration, Mathis didn't take the bait.
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IF NORTH KOREA'S test of a ballistic missile on February 12th was intended as a provocation, Donald Trump, unusually, failed to take the bait.
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Told of Russia's support of Trump and a desire for a meeting between Putin and Trump, the inexperienced adviser appeared to take the bait.
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But, like with many other cons, it only takes a few gullible people to take the bait and make the whole thing worth it.
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Time after time, the Democrats on stage refused to take the bait on questions about Trump, instead steering the conversation back to their policies.
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McConnell, who is fond of saying he has "many faults, but getting off message is not one of them," refused to take the bait.
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Which brings us back the pool party: Rachel convinces Beth-Ann to put on her controversial bikini, hoping that Ruby will take the bait.
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Scholes's most recent remarks should, really, have been the catalyst for the October entry for that ledger, but Mourinho would not take the bait.
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Mr. Pence declined to comment publicly, but a senior administration official familiar with his thinking said he does not plan to take the bait.
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"Charles, I understand the emotional appeal of what you're saying, but I'm just not going to take the bait, my friend," the mayor responded.
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"The motivations behind this bill are clear — to serve the special interests of the hotel lobby — and Congress shouldn't take the bait," Shur said.
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The vendors stood in the desolate alley, like anglers casting lines into an empty stream, hoping that the rare passing fish would take the bait.
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He wants his most liberal enemies in politics and media to take the bait on these cultural war asides, and they usually (and stupidly) oblige.
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The GOP lawmaker described it as a "gotcha" moment, questioning why someone in Trump's party would try to force a nominee to take the bait.
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Utilities aren't going to take the bait either, considering how Southern Company and Duke Energy have been burned so badly on Edwardsport and Kemper, respectively.
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Though they believed their chances might be better this time around with the renewed momentum behind the national gun debate, state lawmakers didn't take the bait.
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Don't take the bait—it's crucial that you explain gently that you've already tried to fix your incompatibility but ultimately, you're both set in your ways.
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But it is still up to traders to decide whether they will take the bait, or merely put the rumor in the bank for future conversations.
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Former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski reveals how Sacha Baron Cohen tried to dupe him for his new show, but he didn&apost take the bait.
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"I encourage the American people and all of us in this room and beyond to not take the bait," Pressley said of Trump's remarks about her.
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Luckily, my fiancée, whom I have known since high school and who had already seen me through various thicks and thins, did not take the bait.
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The Islamic State may hope to trigger a religious war here, but at least for the moment the Afghan people seem unwilling to take the bait.
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The commissioner refused to take the bait when asked about President Trump, who said two years ago that the N.F.L. should allow more and harder hits.
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Garrett tries to get Luke to admit that he talked about the other men during his one-on-one date, but he refuses to take the bait.
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Pressley, who urged the country to not take the bait and hold Trump accountable for the mass detention, deportation and separation of families at the border. Rep.
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But O'Rourke refused to take the bait on Thursday, telling MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell he would not "in any scenario" run for a seat in the upper chamber.
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"I encourage the American people and all of us in this room and beyond to not take the bait," Pressley said of Trump's remarks about, well, her.
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Most of my tweets, once in a while people get under my skin, I guess, and I'll take the bait, but for the most part I don't.
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Should he take the bait, President Trump risks allowing external foreign policy crises to define his tenure, not unlike the way 9/11 reshaped George W. Bush's presidency.
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The Taiwanese did not take the bait, but China used the "one country, two systems" idea when it took back Hong Kong from Britain and Macau from Portugal.
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"I encourage the American people and all of us in this room and beyond, to not take the bait," Pressley said at the opening of the news conference.
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During a Fox News town hall on Sunday, Mayor Pete Buttigieg was confronted with a common conservative talking point on abortion rights — and he didn't take the bait.
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If a technician encourages you to replace your A/C because of environmental rules, don't take the bait without first getting a second (and maybe a third) opinion.
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Verdi illustrates the character's inner deliberation with several bars of orchestral music during which Falstaff, whose last date with Alice ended in humiliation, fails to take the bait.
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"There's every possibility that this will turn into nothing — that nobody will take the bait and he will not get any kind of immunity from anybody," Wright concludes.
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She didn't take the bait, not even when Jo Swinson, the first woman to become leader of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party, rose with a particularly pointed query.
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"Throughout the day, we urged folks not to take the bait -- to deny the KKK the confrontation and celebrity they desire," Mayor Mike Signer said on his Facebook page.
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The problem is that should Congress take the bait, such action will send a huge signal to capital markets that nothing is certain when it comes to municipal finance.
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This includes the colossally stupid move to take the bait of Michael Avenatti, the attorney for Stormy Daniels, and entering the California case to enforce Cohen's flawed nondisclosure agreement.
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RELATED: The 4 bombshells of James Comey But Trump didn't take the bait, instead focusing on his health care overhaul, which could go to the floor as early as Thursday.
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Ultimately, this hack relies on scammers tricking carrier's tech support, and if the company's representatives take the bait, it's important to remember that there's only so much you can do.
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That's in stark contrast to the previous night, when Warren and Bernie Sanders refused to take the bait from the moderators to go after each other, per Axios' Alayna Treene.
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" Mr. Clinton paused as if deciding whether to take the bait, then turned and answered, "I believe any person who asks for forgiveness has to be prepared to give it.
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Romney's not likely to take the bait, but how he reacts to such "opportunities" and what issues he chooses to highlight will be critical to his effectiveness in the Senate.
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Our sources say the 'Wild 'n Out' staff is confident Eminem will eventually take the bait, and come on the show -- and 'Invitation' will become an anthem for their battle.
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The backstory: Gawker is claiming it created a fake Twitter account and has been tweeting Mussolini quotes at Trump several times a day since December, hoping he'd take the bait.
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And while some people (myself included) said they wouldn't be giving him the time of day, just as I feared, there were plenty of folks lined up to take the bait.
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"I encourage the American people and all of us in this room and beyond to not take the bait," Pressley said at a news conference Monday with the other three congresswomen.
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When a reporter suggested that maybe they're jealous of her position as the show's de facto star, she was too savvy to take the bait, perhaps proving her co-stars' point.
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In Japan, in contrast, corporate leadership has signally failed to take the bait of low-cost funds, at least as a means with which to lever shareholders to the bottom line.
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The broadcaster told The Hill that he feels Trump has "gone over the line" with his attacks on the press but suggested the proper response would be not to take the bait.
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"I'm not going to take the bait this morning," he said when asked about Donald Trump's comments that the U.S. should start waterboarding prisoners again in response to the attacks in Belgium. .
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Also, one of his opponents is likely to eventually be smart enough not to take the bait, respond to him personally, and make his or her message simply about opposing this president.
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" Rounds said that the raid amounted to an effort by investigators to "try to find another incident in which they can now further investigate," and urged Trump not to "take the bait.
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Kupp diligently sells run fakes by blocking for a second or two before releasing, a wrinkle few teams use, but one that makes linebackers and safeties take the bait, hook, line and sinker.
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Trump did not take the bait and Hillary was left playing the role of a desperate Democrat who is coming to realize her encore at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is set to be canceled.
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Democrats can win the messaging war over the Clintons, he said, if they're careful not to take the bait and focus instead on bread-and-butter economic issues that resonate with the working class.
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Unexpected drama may land on your lap as Uranus draws secrets to the surface, but you don't need to take the bait on any fights — address the issues, communicate your side, and dip out.
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" Of Mr. Trump's advisers, Mr. Black said, "They think he is making progress in terms of being able to make set speeches and not take the bait on every attack somebody makes on him.
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Yet if you want to hear him — and if you love opera, you should — I wouldn't take the bait and rush to this genial but scattered "Barbiere," which opened at the Met on Monday.
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And though I'm sure you meant well, Marc, you were just grandiose enough to take the bait, as if Superman could add a superpower: able to crack addictions with a single first-class stamp.
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If institutional investors take the bait — and judging by announcements from banking giants such as Goldman Sachs, they will — Coinbase's new tools will clear the path for an even larger outpouring of money into cryptocurrencies.
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"These re-evaluations on the fly are something new to watch for because you may take the bait of the first down move rather than waiting around a few days for a turn," Cramer said.
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Acosta refused to take the bait, suggesting that an overtime pay hike is due, at least to the point where it would cover inflation, but declining to uphold the limit set by the Obama administration.
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By refusing to take the bait and resisting the temptation to use federal executions against each other in a contest of moral purity, the Democratic contenders can hope to avoid going down for the count.
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" Haas argued that Strickland should participate in some debates but cautioned him to not "take the bait about drifting too far to left in the primary, because he's the favorite and he doesn't have to.
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I don't believe that that is true (in just one example, Dawn Ray'd has been everywhere for the past couple of years, to say nothing of Panopticon, Power Trip, et al) but will take the bait.
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Manny Yekutiel: Let me ask real quick to you, Ezra, on this particular point: Vox is kind of known for being a place that doesn't take the bait and has substantive policy coverage that's also interesting.
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While Mario Draghi and co are unlikely to take the bait, investors are speculating that they may decide it is not worth the hassle to continue with the program and get embroiled in further political squabbles.
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BERNHARDT PLAYS 'NOT IT' ON CLIMATE: Democratic House lawmakers on Wednesday pressured Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to commit to considering climate change in all future agency decisions, but the former energy lobbyist wouldn't take the bait.
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While Mario Draghi and co are unlikely to take the bait, investors are speculating that they may decide it is not worth the hassle to continue with the programme and get embroiled in further political squabbles.
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This is always the case with Leos that need some time to grow up—they'll instinctively lay it on thick with lines like "after all that I've done for you…" Don't take the bait by firing back.
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During the opening points of his Australian Open match against the wily veteran Gilles Simon — known for his ability to lure opponents into deadly traps with deceiving softballs and sudden bursts — Kyrgios did not take the bait.
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The direction from the Oval Office to White House aides and other U.S. national security agencies Wednesday was to downplay the North Korean threats and not "take the bait" by overreacting to the provocation, said a senior U.S. official.
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The best advice I could give any young person interested in a career in public service is not to take the bait, and to devote their time in college to studying, even if it means passing up career opportunities.
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A mellow, disciplined Trump appeared in New Hampshire on Tuesday evening and declined to take the bait as reporters repeatedly tried to lure him into criticism of Iowa voters or to accept that his campaign had suffered a blow.
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Though Clinton advisers are eager to spark a furious response from Mr. Trump, as they succeeded in doing during and after the debates, he largely declined to take the bait, at least initially, in his first appearance on Tuesday.
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A few years ago, some vigilantes pretended to take the bait of one of those African hoaxes ("I have $500,000 in an account that I will transfer to you if you can just help me with the wiring fees…").
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Most people won't take the bait, but in 2017, Microsoft found that around 15 percent of the more than 153,000 people who reported being the victim of a scam (up 24 percent from 33) said they lost between $200 and $400.
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But Mr. Taylor was careful to retain an official neutrality on what Congress should do with his testimony and when lawmakers tried to goad him into taking a more political stance, he smiled serenely and declined to take the bait.
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Careful not to take the bait, he says the press has a "very important" role to play in highlighting issues facing the technology industry and tech's broader impact on society, even if he believes the discourse could benefit from going deeper.
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HB: Trump's private attorney, Jay Sekulow, to his credit also did not take the bait and tried to out the whistleblower, but he did defend the idea that asking for the name of the whistleblower is totally legit, because, well, reasons.
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Mr. Barr did not take the bait, and his response may offer an early glimpse of how he might navigate one of the most uncomfortable positions in the government — overseeing and defending an investigation loathed by the president who nominated him.
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Pelosi, for instance, refused to take the bait when asked in December what "repercussions" Trump ought to face after his ex-personal lawyer Michael Cohen implicated the president in campaign-finance crimes involving hush-money payments to two women during the 2016 campaign.
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But Urmson, who has previously called the lawsuit "classy," didn't take the bait on Thursday when asked about Musk, including whether he has talked in the last two years with Musk (no), and whether Aurora might need Tesla in the future (possibly).
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After the president began defying the Democrats' subpoenas—and last week promised to end all bipartisan co-operation while they continued their probes—she claimed Mr Trump was so obviously goading Democrats to impeach him that they must not take the bait.
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" Drew Hammill, a spokesman for Pelosi, a California Democrat who's the House minority leader, said when reached for comment, "Trump and his surrogates will continue to repeat blatantly false attacks as long as the media continues to take the bait and print them.
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This toxic mishmash has deployed this same strategy to disrupt the 22020 election: Pick a Democratic candidate, infiltrate the candidate's online fanbase, radicalize their supporters, use social media to recontextualize the campaign, and hope the media or other candidates (or Hillary Clinton) take the bait.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Ilhan Omar (D-MN), known as "the Squad," have responded to Trump's unrelenting and violent onslaught with assertive civility, never hesitating to defend themselves but refusing to take the bait.
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It was called Policy Tree, and the idea was you would take the bait and break it down into the atomic assertions and show them on a flow chart where you would have some like ... at the time, it was like, we should invade Iraq.
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Newly elected Speaker Paul Ryan has already begun trying to head off a disastrous GOP rank-and-file revolt that would prevent such a deal, saying in a speech to the Heritage Foundation: What I want to say to you today is this: Don't take the bait.
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Mr. Stulberg offers us two revealers today, at 3D, where the warning for easily provoked types lies (DON'T TAKE THE BAIT), and at 9D, where a fishing line drops to the bottom of the puzzle (the series of letter I's and the J, which represents the hook).
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When asked about the comment that Sanders allegedly made to her about a woman not being able to win the presidency, she didn't take the bait, avoiding an explosive fight and instead turning the conversation back to the big picture: how to win back the White House.
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There was some hope -- amid Trump's silence in the wake of Pelosi's SOTU letter -- that he might not take the bait, that he might, for once, see that engaging in a tit-for-tat political knife fight with Pelosi didn't help the 800,000 furloughed federal workers or the country more broadly.
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Should Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTop Sanders adviser: Warren isn't competing for 'same pool of voters' Anti-Trump vets join Steyer group in pressing Democrats to impeach Trump Republicans plot comeback in New Jersey MORE win in this scenario, Trump would take the bait of alleged voter fraud faster than a mousetrap can snap shut.
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Companies temporarily in his cross-hairs largely have been able to escape any long-standing damage by offering token concessions, such as Boeing did with some tweaks made to the Air Force One contract, or by simply refusing to take the bait at all, as has been the case with Amazon and Bezos this week.
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" (Organizing for America, the group being referred to here, has become a boogeyman on the right, but is nowhere near as all-powerful as conservatives would like it to be.) When Trump still doesn't take the bait—"I think it's politics," he shrugs—Kilmeade jumps in again: "But Bush wasn't going after Clinton; Clinton wasn't going after Bush.
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Talk show host Oprah Winfrey refused to take the bait Tuesday when a reporter asked what makes her "nervous" about President-elect Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE.
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Opinion Columnist If, by some grievous misfortune, you should happen to have a pathological narcissist in your life — a drain on your soul, a bottomless chute of need, a roaring outboard motor of jealousies and delusions and self-regard — there's no shortage of literature offering advice, and most of it preaches the same thing: Never take the bait.
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"Don't say that you're human / don't say that it's not your fault / I won't take the bait or these excuses that you're using," Emily Warren sings on "Don't Say," a wispy tune with a satisfying chorus that, lyrically, could be interpreted as a moment of self-recrimination (however questionably effective it may be) when it comes to the Chainsmokers' shamelessly hetero-male tendencies.
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But Pence's resistance to respond to Kaine's attacks — what supporters of Clinton might see as his refusal to stand up for his candidate, and supporters of Trump might see as refusal to take the bait — was hardly an attempt to create a totally separate Republican platform or presidential campaign, or a reflexive snap back to the standard-issue conservatism of the pre-Trump Republican Party.
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Making his first solo appearance of the election cycle in Nashua, N.H., he chose his words carefully, refusing to take the bait from Republican front-runner Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE, who last week began invoking the former president's "abuse" of women.
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