“I never wavered”, said Trump. It also sapped some of her energy coming out of Trump’s chaotic convention last week and the well-received rollout Saturday of her running mate, Virginia Sen. “She’s ready because of her experience”, said Kaine.
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“I do what I do for spiritual reasons”, Kaine, who declined an interview with The Associated Press, said on C-SPAN last month. The Clinton campaign has responded, accusing Trump of espionage. They are here to cheer on Senator Tim Kaine, as he formally accepts the nomination for vice president.
“I trust Hillary Clinton with our son’s life”, Kaine said. “Folks like you and me, but Donald Trump’s too big to have to fund veterans, too big to have to fund our military… too big to have to fund the things that make us a great nation”. Track Laura Anthony on Facebook here and follow her Twitter here. She stepped down from that position this week.
There were some signs that Sanders’ supporters did not plan to go quietly.
It’s a worry for Clinton’s top aides, who see maximizing Democratic turnout as a main campaign challenge. “And if any of you are looking for that party of Lincoln, we’ve got a home for you right here in the Democratic Party”.
Clinton’s team hoped Wasserman Schultz’s resignation – along with an apology from the DNC to Sanders and his supporters – would keep the convention floor calm. Her team has drafted a schedule featuring four days of speakers who will hammer away at Trump’s “dangerous and divisive” vision for the country. He implored them to vote for Clinton, generating a chorus of boos.
They’ll highlight lesser-known parts of her biography, such as her early work as an activist for children and families, her push to expand federal health insurance to millions of children as first lady and her advocacy for 9/11 first responders as a NY senator.
Her approval ratings have fallen from a high of 65 percent in December 2012, when her tenure at the State Department drew to a close, to below 40 percent this month. They’re going to be joining Tim Kaine on the national stage.
The drawn-out primary campaign against Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders only served to reinforce other weaknesses, such as her ties to Wall Street and long history in politics.
“The emails, that’s probably the biggest (issue)”. He also disclosed he would not be voting for Trump, but had also said he would have advised Trump not to pick Christie for the VP slot. The Kaines eventually settled in Richmond, and still live in the same Northside neighborhood where they moved as newlyweds more than 30 years ago.
“I think America needs to hear and will hear what integrity and conscientiousness and political service not for self but for others looks like”, said Virginia Hillary delegate Victoria Cochran. “It is certainly true I have made mistakes”. But Clinton’s newly-minted running mate has a woman by his side in his private life, too.
But some voters say there is nothing Clinton could say to win them over. Tim Kaine, will need to woo three main groups: Bernie Sanders supporters, progressives and young people.
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“A compromise of this nature is something we take very seriously, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation will continue to investigate and hold accountable those who pose a threat in cyberspace”, it said.
