Tim Kaine said "You know what a metaphor is. A metaphor is something that not only stands for itself but it stands for something else. As you look at that picture of the White House being demolished today, at the very time as you were standing on this floor talking about authoritarianism hurting the institutions that were put in place 250 years ago, what is your feeling about the true significance of this demolition project going on at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordOctober 21, 2025

You know what a metaphor is. A metaphor is something that not only stands for itself but it stands for something else. As you look at that picture of the White House being demolished today, at the very time as you were standing on this floor talking about authoritarianism hurting the institutions that were put in place 250 years ago, what is your feeling about the true significance of this demolition project going on at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue?

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Tim Kaine

Democratic · Virginia

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govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of authoritarianism and a symbolic demolition of the White House.

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