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Tim Kaine: “Hitler was popular. Putin is popular in Russia. It does not mean that because a person is popular in their country that…”

On the recordJune 22, 2022
Hitler was popular. Putin is popular in Russia. It does not mean that because a person is popular in their country that, in fact, we do not press extremely hard on violations of human rights and democracy.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine emphasizes that popularity does not excuse human rights violations.

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