Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine broke with his running mate Hillary Clinton over her comment that some Trump supporters are "irredeemable."
Clinton made the remarks at a New York fundraising event Sept. 9 where she said about "half of Trump supporters" could be put "into what I call the basket of deplorables." She added, "Now some of those folks, they are irredeemable."
On "This Week," ABC News' Martha Raddatz pressed Kaine on whether it was appropriate for Clinton to use the word "irredeemable."
"You know, that's not a word I would use. I wouldn't use it," Kaine said.
He added, however, "I think we would be unrealistic to think that some people are going to fundamentally change their view."
Kaine also sought to explain Clinton's "basket of deplorables" remark in the context of the birther controversy about President Obama.
"Look, she is very worried, as am I, about the deplorable motivations of those who would question President Obama's citizenship or people who like David Duke who are doing robocalls saying people should vote for Donald Trump. We've expressed it differently, but you have to call out these dark emotions because if you let them pass, you actually can let them grow," Kaine said.
Kaine said he believes "that kind of motivation is reducing" and that not all Trump supporters are driven by these "dark emotions."
"There are other Trump supporters who are really concerned about economic anxieties," Kaine said, arguing that Democrats need to do a better job reaching out to them.
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