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They went low, so Mike Pence goes high

By Philip Wegmann

Published January 27, 2017 9:34pm ET

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They went low, so Mike Pence goes high — Vice President Mike Pence called on the thousands of abortion protestors gathered in Washington, D.C. to embrace "compassion, not confrontation." (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) | Manuel Balce Ceneta

The biggest difference between the March for Life and the Women’s March wasn’t the size. It was the tone.

Less than a week after Madonna threatened to bomb the White House and told the leader of the free world to fuck himself, Vice President Mike Pence called on the thousands of abortion protestors gathered in Washington, D.C. to embrace “compassion, not confrontation.”

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