WASHINGTON -- Republican National Committee (RNC)
Chairman Reince Priebus released the following statement on Hillary Clinton
choosing Virginia senator Tim Kaine as her running mate:
“Hillary Clinton’s choice of Tim Kaine does nothing to
unify a fractured Democrat base which is repelled by her dishonesty and
cronyism,” said RNC Chairman Reince Priebus. “After spending last week
pandering to grassroots Democrats with Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton has
chosen someone who holds positions that she’s spent the entire primary trying
to get to the left of.
“Ultimately this
is a ticket that represents one thing: four more years like the last eight,
just with more corruption and scandal. A Clinton-Kaine administration will push
our country further down the path President Obama has led us on and that has
made us less safe, less prosperous, and less free. More taxes, more debt, more
government and more leading from behind on the global stage will not deliver
the turnaround our country desperately needs. Americans have had enough of the
failed Democrat status quo.
“Donald Trump and Mike Pence offer a better path for our
country that puts America first. A Trump-Pence administration means more jobs
with rising incomes, more security, more freedom, and a conservative Supreme
Court. The choice in this election is clear and it’s only the Republican ticket
of Donald Trump and Mike Pence that can Make America Great Again.”
Hillary Clinton’s selection of Tim Kaine to be her
running mate is drawing rough headlines for her campaign, whether it’s his
accepting nearly $200,000 in “gifts” as Virginia governor or his lack of appeal
to today’s Sanders/Warren fueled Democrat base. Given today’s unfolding drama
over another devastating DNC email leak
showing party officials’ hostility toward Sanders, it’s hard to see how Kaine –
himself an ex-DNC chair – soothes intra-party divisions in Philly.
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Associated Press: “Kaine
Liberal Appeal Muted by Energy Ties, Abortion Concerns”
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The Hill: “Clinton
VP Pick Could Face Liberal Ire”
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The Los Angeles Times: “Some
Liberal Activists Are Angry That Hillary Clinton Picked Tim Kaine”
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Politico: “Progressive
Groups Criticize Kaine VP Pick”
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Politico: “Kaine
Praised TPP As Recently As Thursday”
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The Washington Examiner: “Kaine
Pick Riles Liberals”
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The Washington Post: “Kaine’s
VP Pick Greeted By Blowback From Progressive Groups”
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The Washington Post: “Kaine’s
Acceptance Of Gifts In Virginia Could Create Opening For Republicans”
