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Latest Fact-Checks On Tim Kaine

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Tim Kaine
stated on March 15, 2022 a tweet.

“Virginia women are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to Virginia men.”

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By Warren Fiske • March 18, 2022

Tim Kaine
stated on May 24, 2021 an op-ed on CNBC

“New Haven, Conn., had to issue bonds for a bridge after using funds for that bridge to pay for a police misconduct settlement."

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By Jon Greenberg • May 27, 2021

Tim Kaine
stated on July 21, 2018 a debate.

"The national economy was strong in its largest expansion of private sector jobs before President Trump came into office."

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By Warren Fiske • September 25, 2018

Tim Kaine
stated on July 21, 2018 a debate

"In December of 2017, the Prince William board of supervisors had a meeting ... (Corey Stewart) skipped that meeting to go campaign in Alabama for Roy Moore to be a U.S. senator … You haven't disavowed Roy Moore's name yet."

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By Bill McCarthy • July 24, 2018

Tim Kaine
stated on November 3, 2016 a speech in Phoenix

"Spanish was the first European language spoken in this country."

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By Miriam Valverde • November 7, 2016

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

Says Philando Castile "had been stopped by police 40 or 50 times before that fatal incident."

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By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 a debate

"Richard Nixon released tax returns when he was under audit."

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By Sean Gorman • October 5, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on September 6, 2016 a speech

"When Moammar Gadhafi was set to visit the United Nations, and no one would let him stay in New York, Trump allowed Gadhafi to set up an elaborate tent at his Westchester County (New York) estate."

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By Sean Gorman • September 15, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on August 16, 2016 a campaign event

"In Congress right now, we're doing the best job we have ever done in women in the federal legislature," but it’s still only "19 percent."

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By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on July 27, 2016 a speech

"We fixed a loophole in the (gun) background record check system so that we could make our commonwealth safer."

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By Sean Gorman • July 29, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on July 21, 2012 a debate.

"I ended up my time as governor with a general fund budget that was smaller than the one I started with."

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By Nancy Madsen • July 27, 2012

Tim Kaine
stated on April 4, 2012 a policy paper.

Says when he was governor, "we expanded participation in Virginia in early childhood programs by nearly 40 percent."

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By Nancy Madsen • May 11, 2012

Tim Kaine
stated on December 7, 2011 a debate.

The national debt increased $16,000 every second George Allen served in the U.S. Senate.

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By Warren Fiske • December 8, 2011

Tim Kaine
stated on April 5, 2011 a YouTube video

Virginia was named "best managed state, best state for business and best state to raise a child" while I was governor.

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By Jacob Geiger • April 7, 2011