Mike Pence Michael (Mike) Richard PenceVenezuela's Maduro says he fears 'bad' people around Trump 'And the award for best political commentary by an Oscar nominee goes to...' UN nuclear watchdog: Iran maintains compliance with 2015 pact MORE on Tuesday made clear he thought little of repeated attacks on Donald Trump Donald John TrumpREAD: Cohen testimony alleges Trump knew Stone talked with WikiLeaks about DNC emails Trump urges North Korea to denuclearize ahead of summit Venezuela's Maduro says he fears 'bad' people around Trump MORE’s comments about Mexican immigrants, dismissing them as “that Mexican thing.”

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At Tuesday's vice presidential debate, Republican Pence was repeatedly attacked by his Democratic counterpart, Tim Kaine Timothy (Tim) Michael KaineTrump claims Democrats ‘don’t mind executing babies after birth’ after blocked abortion bill Democrats block abortion bill in Senate Trump unleashing digital juggernaut ahead of 2020 MORE, about Trump’s comments about illegal immigrants from Mexico being rapists and drug dealers.

Toward the end of the 90-minute bout in Farmville, Va., Kaine brought it up another time, and Pence noted it was not the first time he’d heard about it.

“You’ve whipped out that Mexican thing again,” he responded.

Kaine aggressively highlighted comments from Trump throughout the debate, directly challenging Pence to defend derisive remarks about immigrants, women and others.

“He is showing you who he is,” Kaine said of the GOP presidential nominee.

Pence often accused Kaine of misconstruing the remarks or simply wrote off Trump’s statements as frank and a sign of his outsider status.

“He’s not a polished politician like you and Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonREAD: Cohen testimony alleges Trump knew Stone talked with WikiLeaks about DNC emails County GOP in Minnesota shares image comparing Sanders to Hitler Holder: 'Time to make the Electoral College a vestige of the past' MORE,” Pence said.