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Tim Kaine: But if we think that that matters to us--and it should--then the fact that an authoritarian nation would want to wipe…

On the recordSeptember 4, 2018
But if we think that that matters to us--and it should--then the fact that an authoritarian nation would want to wipe out and assassinate their leadership--I do not think we can turn a blind eye to that.
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

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Kaine argues that the U.S. must care about threats to democracy abroad.

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