“I’m popular”
“Let South Korea, you know, we only have 45,000 soldiers in harm’s way over there, right next to a nuclear force — let South Korea do it.”
“Everything will get better.”
“I vowed not to let Israel or America’s friends in the Persian Gulf 'get hurt or fail in any way, shape, or form.'”
“Gas prices will rapidly come back down.”
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On the recordJune 17, 2024
Leveling Gaza to the ground and unnecessarily killing thousands of innocent civilians in the process has a short term moral cost, but it has a long term strategic cost.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia
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Kaine warns about the long-term consequences of Israel's military actions in Gaza.

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