While Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was on the debate stage, her vice presidential running mate, Tim Kaine, was in Orlando, where he spoke to members of the LGBT community just before Monday night’s debate.

Kaine also visited Pulse on Monday, and Clinton supporter Matt Trent said he’s still coming to terms with what happened at Pulse, where Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded dozens of others.

“I don’t think you’re ever actually ready to comprehend how somebody could have so much hate,” Trent said.

Trent said he came to the watch party to what Clinton, and her running mate Kaine, will do to make sure another Pulse never happens again. He said he likes the campaign’s stance on gun control and their acceptance of an LGBT community, which was hit hard in Orlando.

Kaine talked to that community about his emotional visit to Pulse on Monday and his experience as Virginia’s governor when a mass shooting by Seung Hui Cho at Virginia Tech in 2007 took the lives of 32 people.

“It’s odd to say this, but when that was all over with, I prayed that would be the worst ever, that there wouldn’t be another one as tragic and painful,” said Kaine. “So the fact that tragedy gets eclipsed by something here, that just brought a lot of emotions.”

The speech was well received by Trent.

“I think it’s not only a good reflection of his positions, but the Clinton campaign and where her administration would move us moving forward,” Trent said.

Trent said he realizes the importance of the LGBT vote in Central Florida, votes that could help decide the election.

“I think moving forward it’s going to be very apparent, especially after tonight, that this campaign is going to be the only option we have,” Trent said.

Most polls show Clinton leading her Republican rival Donald Trump among LGBT voters by a wide margin. But Trump said he is a friend of the community.

On Tuesday morning, Kaine was scheduled to attend a private event in Orlando, the last of several stops across the battleground state of Florida since Sunday night. He told supporters at the watch party that he couldn’t stay for the whole debate because he had homework to do.

Kaine will face off in a debate against Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence on Tuesday, Oct. 4.