“There is only one person I trust with that responsibility, only one person I believe is truly qualified to be president of the United States, and that is Hillary Clinton”. “So whatever he says about me, he’s perfectly free to use up his own air time and his own space to do”.
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That experience, Kaine said, not only would help Clinton win, but would also make her presidency “fantastic”.
“If women are not accorded equal place in the leadership of the Catholic Church and the other great world religions, they will always be treated as inferiors in earthly matters as well”, Kaine said.
Victories in both would likely put the White House out of the reach of Donald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.
Clinton settled on Kaine after vetting a diverse group of candidates that included Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro and Labor Secretary Tom Perez. America was not built on fear.
He spoke about the toughness of Virginians and used the Virginia Tech mass shooting as an example of the state’s perseverance. “Just ask the NRA”, Clinton said.
Kaine is a veteran Democratic politician who describes himself as “boring”.
The resignation of Debbie Wasserman Schultz as chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee made for a rocky start on Sunday, as the Florida congresswoman heeded Sanders’ longstanding call to leave as party chief. Kaine was a finalist eight years ago in President Obama’s vice presidential search, and he had endorsed the then-Illinois senator early on. Obama considered him for vice president a year later.
“Anne found it in the summer of 1984 and we were married in November of 1984”. But he struggled to appeal to black voters and couldn’t match the former secretary of state’s ties to the Democratic establishment. He is a Marine who is going on deployment Monday.
When the Kaines returned to their northside Richmond home Saturday night, hundreds of well-wishers cheered amid shouts of “We love you, Tim!” The couple planned to attend 9 a.m.
They will try to overcome party disunity that seems certain to also be a factor in Philadelphia, given Wasserman Schultz’s departure and the general unhappiness among many Sanders supporters intensified by both the emails and by Clinton’s pick of Sen. The day after Kaine was announced, he turned against it. But they face lingering bitterness among supporters of defeated rival Bernie Sanders and a fresh political mess of the party’s own making. “Bernie fought for nothing!”
Kaine bothers the liberals for several reasons, including his support for bank deregulation.
Clinton opposed the TPP during the primary against Sanders, citing concerns about job protections and national security. As he accepted the Republican nomination, Trump said: “The legacy of Hillary Clinton is death, destruction, terrorism and weakness”.
“If people wanted a sort of more overtly progressive candidate – I certainly appreciate that”, Weaver told MSNBC “AM Joy” host Joy Reid on Sunday. Tim Kaine (D-VA) (R) acknowledge the crowd during a campaign event at Ernst Community Cultural Center at Northern Virginia Community College July 14, 2016 in Annandale, Virginia.
Appearing with Clinton two days before the launch of the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, Kaine focused much of his speech on distinguishing Clinton, who was present and appeared more at ease than she has during much of her campaign to become the Democratic nominee, and her Republican counterpart, Donald Trump. “His life has been those kinds of choices”.
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“Absolutely. I made a mistake”.
