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Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 in the 2016 vice presidential debate:

Says "Donald Trump proposes to deport 16 million people, 11 million who are here without documents, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence want to get rid of birthright citizenship."

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By Miriam Valverde • October 7, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 in the vice presidential debate in Farmville, Va.:

Says Hillary Clinton "went toe-to-toe with Russia as secretary of state to do the New START agreement to reduce Russia's nuclear stockpile."

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By Lauren Carroll • October 6, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 in a vice presidential debate in Virginia:

"When Donald Trump spoke in Phoenix, he looked the audience in the eye and he said ‘no, we're building a wall and we're deporting everybody.’ He said, quote, ‘they will all be gone. They will all be gone.’ This is one of the ones where you can go to the tape on it and see what Donald Trump has said."

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By Miriam Valverde • October 5, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 in the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:

Says that during President Barack Obama’s tenure, the United States has created "15 million new jobs."

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By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 in the 2016 Vice Presidential debate:

"First, Donald Trump said wages are too high, and both Donald Trump and Mike Pence think we ought to eliminate the federal minimum wage."

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By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on August 4, 2016 in a speech:

Says his father-in-law, former Gov. Linwood Holton, "integrated Virginia public schools."

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By Warren Fiske • August 15, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on August 7, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press":

"I haven't switched my position" on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.

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By Linda Qiu • August 7, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on July 27, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic convention:

Florida retirees and families "lost tens of thousands of dollars" in deposits on failed Trump condo projects, but he "pocketed their money and walked away."

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By Joshua Gillin • July 29, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on July 27, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:

"John McCain’s chief economic adviser during the ’08 race … estimated that Trump’s promises would cause America to lose 3.5 million jobs."

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By Lauren Carroll • July 28, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on July 27, 2016 in a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia:

Independent analysts "found that Trump's tax plan, given to the wealthy and big corporations, would rack up $30 trillion in debt."

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By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on December 7, 2011 in in a debate:

George Allen and his colleagues in the Senate "turned the biggest surplus in the history of the United States into the biggest deficit in the history of the United States."

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By Sean Gorman • May 15, 2012

Tim Kaine
stated on April 21, 2011 in a TV interview.:

Virginia ranked near the bottom of the nation 50 years ago in per capita income but is in the top 10 today. It had a "very low" rate of higher education attainment but is now above the national average.

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By Sean Gorman • May 12, 2011

Tim Kaine
stated on January 2, 2011 in a TV interview.:

Obama’s mid-term approval ratings are similar to other presidents who went on to re-election.

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By Warren Fiske • January 10, 2011

Tim Kaine
stated on August 15, 2010 in a segment of CBS' ''Face The Nation.'':

Republicans tried to block the deficit commission.

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By Lukas Pleva • August 18, 2010

Tim Kaine
stated on May 23, 2010 in an interview on ABC's 'This Week.':

The primary election results show Democrats are strong in Kentucky because the Democratic candidates "both got more votes than Rand Paul did."

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By Aaron Sharockman • May 23, 2010