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Tim Kaine
stated on March 15, 2022 in a tweet.:

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

By Warren Fiske • March 18, 2022

Tim Kaine
stated on May 24, 2021 in 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."

By Jon Greenberg • May 27, 2021

Tim Kaine
stated on May 29, 2019 in a radio interview.:

"The e-cigarette vaping phenomenon has wiped out all the progress we’ve made on reducing youth smoking."

By Warren Fiske • June 12, 2019

Tim Kaine
stated on May 20, 2019 in a floor speech.:

The ceilings of the Virginia Senate and House chambers are "circled by gold-embossed tobacco leaves."

By Warren Fiske • May 30, 2019

Tim Kaine
stated on January 9, 2019 in a TV interview.:

"We took a deal to the president just last February, less than a year ago -- $25 billion over 10 years in border security done the right way - and the president blew up the deal."

By Warren Fiske • January 15, 2019

Tim Kaine
stated on July 21, 2018 in a debate.:

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

By Warren Fiske • September 25, 2018

Tim Kaine
stated on July 21, 2018 in 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."

By Bill McCarthy • July 24, 2018

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

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

By Miriam Valverde • November 7, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on August 5, 2016 in an appearance in Milwaukee:

The Democratic Party "is the oldest continuous political party in the world."

By Alison Dirr • October 24, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 in a debate.:

Donald Trump says "that NATO is obsolete and that we need to get rid of NATO..."

By Sean Gorman • October 10, 2016

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."

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."

By Lauren Carroll • October 6, 2016

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

"Gov. Pence said, inarguably, Vladimir Putin is a better leader than President Obama."

By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016

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

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

By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2016

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

Donald Trump would "engage in a risky scheme to privatize Social Security."

By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016

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

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

By Sean Gorman • October 5, 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."

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."

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."

By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2016

Tim Kaine
stated on September 18, 2016 in an interview on "Meet the Press.":

Says Hillary Clinton and millennials have the same positions on climate change, abortion rights, immigration reform, gay rights and college affordability. "Donald Trump doesn't."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Linda Qiu • September 18, 2016

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