Tim Kaine

I think it is a trend that maybe pre-dated my coming in 2013.

Senator McCain leveled the same critique about it pulling some of the decision-making power from the Pentagon into the White House.

I look at it as people, process, and policy are the three likes of the stool and getting the process right is incredibly important.

25 of the 30 jurisdictions with the lowest vaccination rates voted for Donald Trump.

It didn't have to be this way because one of the great things about President Trump... was setting a world record in terms of developing really super effective vaccines in record time.

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What saddens me is the way this guy was able to bamboozle so many Americans into thinking he would do a good job. Many of whom still want him to return.

The top line number of 3.5 trillion together with together with a bipartisan infrastructure bill 600 billion gets us to what we need to do to help America climb out of a pandemic, heal economic catastrophe, and build an economy back.

Nobody takes an oath of office to arcane Senate rules that we can change. But we do take office to protect and defend the Constitution. And that's what this voting rights battle is about.

Now I realize my job description is my oath of office.

The voting rights issues are fundamental.

I don't agree that there's no possibility of change of the filibuster. I do think it would be very, very difficult to eliminate the filibuster.

As you pointed out, I was on the ticket at 2016 and I spent 105 days trying to tell America that Donald Trump the man, pre 2016 would be a disaster, bigoted, narcissistic, bully, anti-science guy as a president.

We have to take steps forward on voting rights. And I'm -- I was proud to play a role in getting all 50 Senate Democrats to be on board with really big bold steps for to protecting voting rights.

Nobody has ever said repeal IDEA, except we should fund it better or sometimes the paperwork is too intense.

This is extremely important to me personally.

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This is not dead. This is not dead.

Yesterday, our Governor announced that Virginia has just crossed the 70 percent mark on at least one vaccination, which is great.

I cannot say that with assurety for a 10-year old. I really cannot say that.

We believe it is important to immunize pregnant women.

I have focused some significant attention upon vaccination of pregnant women and wanted to make sure, A, that it is safe.

That is very, very powerful because obviously, some--I had COVID. I was not hospitalized.

That is also positive. So, I think there is multiple reasons to get it.

I have a sort of deep appreciation for how lucky we have it compared to elsewhere.