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Vice-Presidential Nominees Tim Kaine & Mike Pence Squared Off in Debate

HeadlineOct 05, 2016

In news from the campaign trail, vice-presidential candidates Virginia Senator Tim Kaine and Indiana Governor Mike Pence squared off Tuesday night in the only vice-presidential debate. It was held at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia, and moderated by Elaine Quijano of CBS News. The debate was tense, with Kaine frequently attacking Pence over the proposals and character of his running mate, Donald Trump.

Sen. Tim Kaine: “I’ll just say this: We trust Hillary Clinton—my wife and I—and we trust her with the most important thing in our life. We have a son deployed overseas in the Marine Corps right now. We trust Hillary Clinton as president and commander-in-chief. But the thought of Donald Trump as commander-in-chief scares us to death.”

Governor Pence, meanwhile, defended Donald Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns, amid new revelations that suggest Trump could have avoided paying taxes for up to 18 years. This clip begins with Senator Kaine.

Sen. Tim Kaine: “But why won’t he release his tax returns?”

Gov. Mike Pence: “Well, we’re answering the question about—about the business thing.”

Sen. Tim Kaine: “I do want to come back on this, but—”

Gov. Mike Pence: “His tax return—his tax returns showed he went through a very difficult time, but he used the tax code just the way it’s supposed to be used, and he did it brilliantly.”

Sen. Tim Kaine: “How do you know that? You haven’t seen his tax returns.”

Third-party vice-presidential nominees were excluded from the debate. But on Tuesday night, Democracy Now! expanded the debate in real time: After every question answered by the major-party vice-presidential candidates Mike Pence and Tim Kaine, we paused to get response from Green Party vice-presidential nominee Ajamu Baraka. We’ll run parts of this expanded debate after headlines.

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