Pence faces boos at rally over Trump rival Martinez.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Gov. Mike Pence faced a chorus of boos from the crowd at a rally here on Tuesday after he defended Gov. Susana Martinez, a fellow Republican who has declined to endorse Donald Trump in his presidential bid.
“Let me say Susana Martinez is a dear, dear friend of mine,” Pence said in a response to a question about why Martinez and other Republicans have not endorsed Trump.
“She’s a great governor, she’s done a great job for New Mexico,” Pence said Tuesday, drawing boos from the crowd. Pence had spoken with Martinez just a few hours earlier at the Republican Governors Association summer meeting in Aspen, Colorado.
Trump and Martinez do not have a warm relationship, with the GOP nominee saying in May that the New Mexico governor “has got to do a better job.”
It was not immediately clear whether the crowd was booing Martinez or Pence's defense of the governor.
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