Pence: ‘From People Who Preach Tolerance, We’ve Been Under an Avalanche of Intolerance’

PENCE: "— You know, again, I — I really believe, George, that it is — it has been breathtaking to many in Indiana, me included, at the fact that Indiana joined some 30 other states and all 50 states in our federal courts, by — by creating — by enacting The Religious Freedom Restoration Act and — and yet for — from people who preach tolerance every day, we have been under an avalanche--"
STEPHANOPOULOS: "--But, sir--"
PENCE: "— of intolerance--"
STEPHANOPOULOS: "— it’s not just outsiders--"
PENCE: "— and I--"
STEPHANOPOULOS: "— sir, it is, you know--"
PENCE: "— I’m not going to take it lying down."
STEPHANOPOULOS: "— (INAUDIBLE) the CEO of Angie’s List in your state has put his expansion plans on hold because of this law. But let me then get to another possible fix. This comes from The Lambda Legal Defense Fund. And maybe this is the kind of clarification--"
PENCE: "Well, I think that’s--"
STEPHANOPOULOS: "— you’re--"
PENCE: "— I really believe — I really believe that is a result — I mean I’ve been in touch with corporate leaders, both outside the state. I’ve been in touch with Mark Emmert at the NCAA. We’ve been doing our level best, George, to correct the gross mischaracterization of this law that has a — that has been spread all over the country by many in the media."
STEPHANOPOULOS: "Well, let’s get back to that."
PENCE: "I mean, frankly, some of the media coverage of this has been shameless and reckless."