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On the recordMay 15, 2024
Is there not also kind of an informal power that comes in the reverse if you do not have a confirmed nominee? The country believes, wow, we must not be that important in the United States.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine questions the negative perception of the U.S. when nominees are unconfirmed.

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