Hillary Clinton’s characterization of some Donald Trump voters as a “basket of deplorables” will cost the Democratic nominee votes, but she shouldn’t apologize for it, according to her running mate.

“There are supporters we’re not going to get,” Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, told the Washington Post. But he defended the substance of the comment, which reinforced the Clinton campaign’s long-running allegation that Trump is bringing racism into the political mainstream.