Obama Endorsed Candidates Falter in Virginia, Despite Democrat Statehouse Sweep
Former President Barack Obama may live a stone’s throw away from Virginia now, but his sway over the state’s political landscape came up short on Tuesday.

Former President Barack Obama may live a stone’s throw away from Virginia now, but his sway over the state’s political landscape came up short on Tuesday.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime,” Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) stated that Republicans who attempt to downplay the results in Kentucky’s gubernatorial race “are whistling past the graveyard.” Kaine said, “Any Republican that tries to downplay Andy Beshear’s win,
Tuesday during an appearance on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), the 2016 Democratic vice-presidential nominee, criticized President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw troops from Northern Syria on a number of levels. However, he did say was there was one action Congress should consider when it comes to war powers.
Democrat lawmakers on Thursday reacted to the release of the “whistleblower” complaint fueling their party’s latest impeachment effort, calling it a “bombshell,” accusing President Trump of acting like a mob boss, and declaring that the complaint proves the existence of a “coverup.”
Wednesday on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) pumped the brakes on the United States taking military action against Iran in response to attacking Saudi Arabia’s oil. Kaine advised there is “absolutely no reason” for the country to go
Archbishop Joseph Naumann told pro-life leaders gathered in Louisville last week that they are part of the “most important human rights effort of our time and our age.”
Monday on MSNBC’s “All In,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) called for Trump administration Labor Secretary Alex Acosta to step down over the plea deal he gave billionaire Jeffrey Epstein on child sex trafficking charges in 2008 when he was an attorney
The resplendent World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC, was filled with the voices of volunteers, lawmakers, and everyday Americans who spent hours reading each of the 9,000 names of those who died during Operation Overlord at Normandy Beach in France on June 6, 1944, and in the following days.
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) on Tuesday criticized the Trump administration for approving two transfers of nuclear power information to Saudi Arabia after the October murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
The United States is facing daily threats from illegal immigration, outbreaks from once eliminated diseases, and calls from lawmakers to allow children who survive abortion to die, but four Senators on the East Coast — including presidential hopeful Cory Booker — are worried about the threat posed from beach umbrellas.
TEL AVIV – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he did not believe Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s talk of annexing West Bank settlements would hurt President Donald Trump’s long-awaited peace plan.
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) said President Donald Trump’s rhetoric emboldens white nationalists and incites violence when discussing the mass shooting at two mosques in New Zealand. Partial transcript as follows: MARGARET BRENNAN: Late last night we
Two Virginia Bishops have issued a statement condemning Tuesday’s pro-infanticide vote by self-declared “Catholic” senator Tim Kaine.
The Senate will vote Monday on Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse’s Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act – a bill that would protect babies born alive following failed abortions from infanticide.
At least 15 congressional Democrats have dodged questions as to whether they believe the woman accusing Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault and what should happen to him.
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on Monday joined the chorus of calls for Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA) to resign over a racist photo in his yearbook.
A former classmate of Gov. Ralph Northam (D-VA) is believed to have tipped off the press about his racist yearbook photo in response to his remarks about proposed leglisation that would allow fourth-trimester abortions, according to a report.
Voices on the left calling for Democrat Virginia Governor Ralph Northam to resign are piling up, after a medical school yearbook photo of him in black face or a KKK robe surfaced on Friday.
The senators issued a statement condemning Northam after a photo of him and another individual in blackface and Ku Klux Klan garb surfaced.
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), 2020 presidential candidate, walked back her call for eliminating private health insurance and replacing it with a single-payer, government-run “Medicare for All” program less than 24 hours after she made her inflammatory remarks.
Tuesday on MSNBC’s “All In,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) accused President Donald Trump of making federal workers wait in a “breadline, like during the depression.” Kaine was referring to the line outside a Washington, D.C. restaurant that offered free meals to unpaid
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) took to Twitter on Monday to reflect on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, suggesting that “hatred” compelled President Donald Trump to shut down the government.
Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) accused President Donald Trump of breaking the law by revealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) scheduled visit to Afganistan in canceling House Democrats’ seven-day foreign trip as the White House of congressional leaders remain at odds
Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), the vice-presidential running mate for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s failed 2016 presidential bid, said President Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border was a “vanity project.”
Wednesday on CNN’s “New Day,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) weighed in on the ongoing partial government shutdown over border wall funding, claiming President Donald Trump is using immigration “as a talking point to rev people up.” Kaine also urged Trump
Call it, as President Trump does, a “wall.” Lately, he’s been saying, “steel slats.”
Several Democrats called President Donald Trump “The Grinch the Who Stole Christmas” during the government shutdown fight over wall funding.
Friday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) said senators cannot give President Donald Trump funding for his border wall because that would be backing down to a “bully.” Kaine said, “Let me tell you what we can’t do. I
Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) on Wednesday’s CNN broadcast of “New Day” reacted to the contentious meeting between President Donald Trump, future House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in which Trump threatened a government shutdown over border wall
Anti-Trump activists touted Tim Kaine’s (D-VA) win over Republican Corey Stewart as the “first white supremacist defeat of the night.”
Corey Stewart, the Republican U.S. Senate nominee for the state of Virginia, released his first TV ad on Thursday, slamming incumbent Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) for encouraging the continuous “illegal alien invasion.”
Leslie Cockburn, the Democratic candidate for Virginia’s fifth congressional district, said during a speech in Virginia on Sunday that President Donald Trump has “made it acceptable to be a racist again.”
A poll released on Thursday shows that Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) leads Corey Stewart, his Republican challenger in November’s Virginia U.S. Senate race, by only five points–50 percent to 45 percent.
Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) said President Donald Trump had made a “concerted effort” to use race to divide people. Kaine said, “What I think I’m most concerned about with this president is his pension to divide us,
During an interview set to air on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) stated President Trump has tried to divide people based on race and either holds sincerely racist beliefs or believes it is politically advantageous to
Republican U.S. Senate nominee Corey Stewart joined Breitbart News Washington Political Editor Matt Boyle on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday following his recent campaign visit to Danville, Virginia.
Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) said President Donald Trump’s recent tweet about Russia potentially helping Democrats proves he is “panicking about something right now.” https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1021784726217142273 Partial transcript as follows: MITCHELL: I want to ask you about Russia, because
During an interview with “PBS NewsHour” released on Monday, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) stated he will not make a final decision on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination until after the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Kavanaugh. Kaine said that
President Donald Trump and his administration’s policies loomed large over Saturday’s heated U.S. Senate debate in Virginia, as Democratic incumbent Sen. Tim Kaine faced off with avowedly pro-Trump Republican challenger Corey Stewart.
The story of Danville is one echoed in countless communities across the country, a gutted middle class left for dead in the wake of sweeping international trade deals in Washington, applauded by liberal economists and a lockstep media portraying such policies as inevitable, ultimately good, and a win for the American consumer–a narrative usually coupled with condescending and disdainful attitudes toward displaced workers for a perceived inability to sprint ahead with the times.