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Latest Fact-Checks On Tim Kaine

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Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on September 6, 2016 in 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." 
True
By Sean Gorman • September 15, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on August 13, 2016:
On drilling off the Atlantic coast
Full Flop
By Sean Gorman • August 29, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on August 16, 2016 in 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."
True
By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on August 13, 2016 in a speech:
"Even Richard Nixon released his tax returns to the public when he was running for president ..."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • August 22, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on August 4, 2016 in a speech:
Says his father-in-law, former Gov. Linwood Holton, "integrated Virginia public schools."
Half-True
By Warren Fiske • August 15, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on August 1, 2016 in a speech.:
Donald Trump says "all Mexicans are rapists."
False
By Warren Fiske • August 8, 2016
Tim Kaine
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.
Half-True
By Linda Qiu • August 7, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on July 27, 2016 in a speech:
"We fixed a loophole in the (gun) background record check system so that we could make our commonwealth safer."
True
By Sean Gorman • July 29, 2016
Tim Kaine
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."
Half-True
By Joshua Gillin • July 29, 2016
Tim Kaine
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."
Half-True
By Lauren Carroll • July 28, 2016
Tim Kaine
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."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • July 28, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on July 11, 2016 in an interview on MSNBC:
Says "Donald Trump is a guy who has called for privatization" of the Veterans Administration.
Mostly False
By Linda Qiu • July 25, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on July 14, 2016 in a speech.:
Says Donald Trump is "against minimum wage."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • July 19, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on June 26, 2016 in comments on "Meet the Press":
Says British voters "under 50, especially millennials, overwhelmingly voted to stay," in the European Union. "It was older voters who voted to leave."
Mostly True
By Lauren Carroll • June 26, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on June 15, 2016 in a senate hearing:
"For every extra year that a girl stays in secondary school, her chance of getting infected with HIV/AIDS decreases by half."  
Mostly True
By Jon Greenberg • June 24, 2016
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on April 16, 2015 in a floor speech.:
"It’s estimated that 40 percent of all the guns that are sold in the United States occur with no background records check."
Mostly False
By Sean Gorman • April 28, 2015
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on November 20, 2014 in a news release.:
"Every president since Eisenhower has taken executive action to address immigration issues."
Mostly True
By Louis Jacobson, Nancy Madsen • November 30, 2014
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on August 20, 2014 in a tweet.:
Pinnacle Overlook in Southwest Virginia is "closer to eight other state capitals than to Richmond."  
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen, Sean Gorman • September 1, 2014
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 18, 2012 in a debate.:
Bill Clinton presided over "the biggest expansion of the American economy since World War II."
Mostly True
By Nancy Madsen • October 29, 2012
Tim Kaine
Tim Kaine
stated on October 8, 2012 in a TV ad.:
"As governor, I cut $5 billion in spending."
Mostly True
By Warren Fiske • October 24, 2012
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