Here’s our pathetic news of the day, as Donald Trump’s running mate Mike Pence announces he “believes” President Obama was born in Hawaii, which is big of him, considering he’s running with a guy who made his political bones by pushing the Birther conspiracy theory to the right wing base: Pence breaks with Trump, says Obama born in Hawaii.

Pence did not say, when asked, if Trump should apologize for the comments. “I think Donald Trump’s record both as a business man and as a political leader and as a patron in supporting minority efforts and particularly supporting the advancement of the African American community really speaks for itself,” he said.

For Pence’s part, the Indiana governor said he does believe Obama was born in Hawaii, as his birth certificate states and has been exhaustively documented.

“Well I believe Barack Obama was born in Hawaii, I accept his birthplace,” Pence told reporters during a brief gaggle aboard his campaign plane before a fundraising event here.

Pence also said Trump’s Birther history wouldn’t hurt him with minority voters, which shows Pence is just as delusional as any Birther.