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Latest Fact-Checks On Tim Kaine

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Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on March 15, 2022 a tweet.
“Virginia women are paid 80 cents for every dollar paid to Virginia men.”
True
By Warren Fiske • March 18, 2022
Tim Kaine
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."
True
By Jon Greenberg • May 27, 2021
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on May 29, 2019 a radio interview.
"The e-cigarette vaping phenomenon has wiped out all the progress we’ve made on reducing youth smoking."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • June 12, 2019
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on May 20, 2019 a floor speech.
The ceilings of the Virginia Senate and House chambers are "circled by gold-embossed tobacco leaves."
False
By Warren Fiske • May 30, 2019
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on January 9, 2019 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."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • January 15, 2019
Tim Kaine
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."  
True
By Warren Fiske • September 25, 2018
Tim Kaine
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."
True
By Bill McCarthy • July 24, 2018
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on November 3, 2016 a speech in Phoenix
"Spanish was the first European language spoken in this country."
True
By Miriam Valverde • November 7, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on August 5, 2016 an appearance in Milwaukee
The Democratic Party "is the oldest continuous political party in the world."
Mostly True
By Alison Dirr • October 24, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 a debate.
Donald Trump says "that NATO is obsolete and that we need to get rid of NATO..."  
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • October 10, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 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."  
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 7, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 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."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • October 6, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the vice presidential debate in Farmville, Va.
"Gov. Pence said, inarguably, Vladimir Putin is a better leader than President Obama."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016
Tim Kaine
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."
True
By Jon Greenberg • October 5, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 vice presidential debate
Donald Trump would "engage in a risky scheme to privatize Social Security."
Mostly False
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 a debate
"Richard Nixon released tax returns when he was under audit."
True
By Sean Gorman • October 5, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 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."
Half-True
By Miriam Valverde • October 5, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 the 2016 Vice Presidential debate
Says that during President Barack Obama’s tenure, the United States has created "15 million new jobs."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 5, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 4, 2016 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."
Half-True
By Amy Sherman • October 5, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on September 18, 2016 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."
Mostly True
By C. Eugene Emery Jr., Linda Qiu • September 18, 2016
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